%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of active labour market policies on the well
%A Damaris Rose
%J Journal of European Social Policy
%@ 1461-7269
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0958928718792118
%X Asking whether social policies can alter the experience of unemployment, this article systematically evaluates whether participation in active labour market policies (ALMPs) influences the well-being of the unemployed. With consistently high unemployment rates in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, scholars have started to examine the impact of ALMP schemes on a variety of tangible economic outcomes, but place little focus on their sociological and psychological impacts. Using a novel panel survey, the IZA Evaluation Dataset, I employ a propensity score matching approach combined with difference-in-differences to address selection on both observables and unobservables. Consistent with my theoretical predictions, I find evidence that ALMP programmes that are most like regular employment, namely wage subsidies and subsidized self-employment, have the strongest impact on the well-being of the unemployed. Looking at regional and gender differences indicates interesting effect heterogeneity
%K Active labour market policy
%K difference-in-differences
%K propensity score matching
%K unemployment
%K well-being
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0958928718792118