Active Labour Market Policy Evaluations: A Meta‐Analysis
对1995至2007年间97项研究中的199个积极劳动力市场政策效果进行元分析，发现求职援助效果较好，公共部门就业项目效果较差，培训项目短期无效但中期有效。
This article presents a meta-analysis of recent microeconometric evaluations of active labour market policies. We categorise 199 programme impacts from 97 studies conducted between 1995 and 2007. Job search assistance programmes yield relatively favourable programme impacts, whereas public sector employment programmes are less effective. Training programmes are associated with positive medium-term impacts, although in the short term they often appear ineffective. We also find that the outcome variable used to measure programme impact matters, but neither the publication status of a study nor the use of a randomised design is related to the sign or significance of the programme estimate. Copyright © 2010 TheAuthor(s). The Economic Journal © 2010 Royal Economic Society.