Public Employment Services and Employers - How Important are Networks with Firms?
Journal
Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft
ISSN
0044-2372
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2008-02-26
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper examines whether contacts between caseworkers in public employment offices and employers impact on the reemployment chances of the unemployed they counsel. This analysis is made possible through a large administrative dataset on unemployed combined
with an extensive survey of caseworkers' characteristics and their strategies. This data was created for evaluating public employment services in Switzerland. We use econometric techniques from the treatment evaluation literature to identify causal effects of a more intense employer focus of the caseworkers. The estimation results indicate that caseworkers who maintain direct contacts to firms achieve higher reintegration rates.
with an extensive survey of caseworkers' characteristics and their strategies. This data was created for evaluating public employment services in Switzerland. We use econometric techniques from the treatment evaluation literature to identify causal effects of a more intense employer focus of the caseworkers. The estimation results indicate that caseworkers who maintain direct contacts to firms achieve higher reintegration rates.
Language
English
Keywords
public employment services
new public management
employer focus
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Publisher
Gabler
Number
Special Issues 01
Start page
151
End page
178
Pages
28
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
43347
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