What Works for Whom? Youth Labour Market Policy in Poland

• Authors: Karol Madoń , Iga Magda , Marta Palczyńska , Mateusz Smoter

Title variants

PL

Co skutecznie wspiera osoby bezrobotne? Aktywne polityki rynku pracy dla osób młodych w Polsce

Abstracts

PL

W niniejszym artykule porównujemy względną efektywność wybranych aktywnych polityk rynku pracy (active labour market policies, ALMP) skierowanych do młodych osób bezrobotnych w Polsce w latach 2015–2016. Stwierdzamy, że uczestnictwo w robotach publicznych ma istotny negatywny wpływ na prawdopodobieństwo zatrudnienia w porównaniu z innymi formami wsparcia. Drugą najmniej skuteczną ALMP są staże, choć były najbardziej popularne. Stwierdzamy również, że bony, które umożliwiają osobom bezrobotnym samodzielne znalezienie organizatorów stażu, są bardziej efektywne niż zwykłe staże, na które bezrobotni są kierowani przez pracowników powiatowych urzędów pracy. Wpływ uczestnictwa w robotach publicznych i staży zależał od płci. Kobiety korzystały w większym stopniu z bonów na staż, a mężczyźni ze szkoleń – niezależnie od źródła ich finansowania. Stwierdzamy także, że oferta ALMP nie odpowiada na potrzeby zarejestrowanych w urzędach pracy wykształconych kobiet, które stanowią istotną część osób bezrobotnych.

EN

We compare the relative effectiveness of selected active labour market policies (ALMPs) available to young unemployed people in Poland in 2015 and 2016. We find sizeable negative employment effects of participating in public works programmes, particularly among disadvantaged individuals. The second-least effective ALMP was standard on-the-job training, even though it was the most popular among young unemployed people. We also show that on-the-job training vouchers (where the unemployed find the training provider) were more effective than standard on-the-job training schemes (where the public employment service finds the training provider) for all subgroups of participants. However, we find no support for the greater effectiveness of vouchers in the case of classroom training. Moreover, the most effective alternative for participants in public works programmes and on-the-job training depended on gender. Women would have benefited the most if they had been offered an on-the-job training voucher, while men would have benefited the most if they had participated in classroom training (standard or financed with a voucher). Finally, we find that the offer of public employment services does not match the needs of tertiary-educated women, who constitute a significant part of the young unemployed in Poland.

Keywords

PL

ALMP; bezrobocie osób młodych; subsydiowane zatrudnienie; roboty publiczne; bony stażowe

EN

ALMP; youth unemployment; wage subsidies; public works; training vouchers

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie. Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 318
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 1-34

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Karol Madoń

• Department of Economics 1, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
• Institute for Structural Research, Poland

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Iga Magda

• Department of Economics 1, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
• Institute for Structural Research, Poland

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Marta Palczyńska

• Institute for Structural Research, Poland

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Mateusz Smoter

• Institute for Structural Research, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.33119/GN/184314

Biblioteka Nauki

33756978