The Success of Job Applications: A New Approach to Program Evaluation
19 Pages Posted: 6 Mar 2003
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The Success of Job Applications: A New Approach to Program Evaluation
The Success of Job Applications: A New Approach to Program Evaluation
Date Written: April 2004
Abstract
In this paper, we suggest a novel approach to program evaluation that allows identification of the causal effect of a training program on the likelihood of being invited to a job interview under weak assumptions. The idea is to measure the program-effects by pre- and post-treatment data that are very close in time for the same individual. Our approach provides useful information on both, average effects of the program as well as information on potential differences in the effects of the program by type of vacancy or by individual.
Keywords: evaluation, active labour market program, correspondence testing
JEL Classification: I38, C93
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