What Works, Who Works? The Employment and Earnings Effects of Active Labour Market Programmes among Young People in Ireland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2376261
AutoresPhilip J O''Connell, Philip J O’connell (0000-0002-6430-3583, Economic and Social Research Institute), Philip J O'Connell (Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin), Frances Mcginnity (0000-0002-2184-315X, The Economic and Social Research Institute 4 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 Ireland)
Año1997
Volumen11
Número4
Páginas639-661
Fecha de publicación1997-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017097114003
OpenAlexW2090476474
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas11

The international literature on active labour market programmes has generated inconsistent and confusing, but generally pessimistic, conclusions regarding their impact on the employment prospects of participants. This paper argues that much of this confusion is due to a general lack of attention to qualitative differences between programmes. The paper develops a typology of active labour market programmes, differentiating between training and employment measures on the basis of their orientation to the labour market and argues that programmes with a strong orientation to the market are more likely to improve the job prospects of participants than those characterised by weak market linkages. That hypothesis is tested using the results of a survey of young participants in labour market programmes in Ireland. The analysis shows that programmes with strong linkages to the labour market both enhance the employment prospects of their participants and increase their earnings, even when we take account of relevant individual characteristics such as education and previous labour market experience

Active labour market policies · Business · Confusion · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Management · Market Orientation · Pessimism · Sociology · Typology · Unemployment · Education Systems and Policy · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Accounting