What Works for Whom? Youth Labour Market Policy in Poland

52 Pages Posted: 19 May 2022

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Karol Madoń

Institute for Structural Research (IBS)

Iga Magda

Warsaw School of Economics (SGH)

Marta Palczyńska

Institute for Structural Research (IBS)

Mateusz Smoter

Institute for Structural Research (IBS)

Abstract

This paper compares the relative effectiveness of selected active labour market policies available to young unemployed people in Poland over the 2015-2016 period. We use rich administrative data and propensity score matching techniques to control for the non-random selection of unemployed individuals into alternative interventions. We find large negative employment effects of participating in public works programmes, particularly among disadvantaged individuals. The differences in effectiveness between other interventions are rather small, and most become insignificant over time. We also show that vouchers that allow unemployed individuals find on-the-job training providers themselves are more effective than on-the-job training schemes in which the unemployed individuals are directed to the training providers by the public employment services (PES).

Keywords: youth unemployment, ALMP, Youth Guarantee, wage subsidies, public works, training vouchers

JEL Classification: J08, J64, J68

Suggested Citation

Madoń, Karol and Magda, Iga and Palczyńska, Marta and Smoter, Mateusz, What Works for Whom? Youth Labour Market Policy in Poland. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14793, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4114331 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4114331

Karol Madoń (Contact Author)

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Iga Magda

Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) ( email )

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Marta Palczyńska

Institute for Structural Research (IBS) ( email )

Wiśniowa 40B/8, 02-520
Warsaw
Poland

Mateusz Smoter

Institute for Structural Research (IBS) ( email )

Wiśniowa 40B/8, 02-520
Warsaw
Poland

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