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Christopher J. O'Leary

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Performance Management Of Employment Programs In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Performance Management Of Employment Programs In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Job Training In Two Chinese Cities, Benu Bidani, Chor-Ching Goh, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Evaluating Job Training In Two Chinese Cities, Benu Bidani, Chor-Ching Goh, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

Recent years have seen a surge in the evidence on the impacts of active labor market programs for numerous countries. However, little evidence has been presented on the effectiveness of such programs in China. Recent economic reforms, associated massive lay-offs, and accompanying public retraining programs make China fertile ground for rigorous impact evaluations. This study evaluates retraining programs for laid-off workers in the cities of Shenyang and Wuhan using a comparison group design. To our knowledge, this is the first evaluation of its kind in China. The evidence suggests that retraining helped workers find jobs in Wuhan, but had little …


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


An Impact Analysis Of Employment Programs In Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

An Impact Analysis Of Employment Programs In Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

This paper presents estimates of the impact of retraining and public service employment (PSE) on reemployment and earnings in the Republic of Hungary during the early phase of post-Socialist economic restructuring. Since assignment to programs resulted in groups with vastly dissimilar characteristics, impact estimates were computed using a variety of methods. Controlling for observable characteristics, retraining may have slightly improved the chances for reemployment in a non-subsidized job, but the gain in reemployment was probably not sufficient to justify the cost of retraining. However, since the durability of jobs appears to be better for those who were retrained, the long …


Performance Management Of Active Labor Programs In Eastern Europe, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Performance Management Of Active Labor Programs In Eastern Europe, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Active Labor Market Programs: Examples From Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Evaluation Of Active Labor Market Programs: Examples From Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


Employment Policy For Transition In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Employment Policy For Transition In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


Preliminary Evidence On Impacts Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Preliminary Evidence On Impacts Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

To ease the hardship associated with worker dislocation and to maintain social stability during the transition to markets, the governments of Hungary and Poland provide labor force members with unemployment compensation and a variety of active labor programs (ALPs). Follow-up surveys of participants in retraining, public works, wage subsidies, self-employment, and comparison groups were done in Hungary and Poland in early 1997. Preliminary analysis suggests positive net impacts for most ALPs and additive benefits from the use of the employment service in both countries. Strong evidence of nonrandom assignment to programs means that great care should be used in interpreting …


Innovation In Planning Hungarian Labor Market Programs, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Innovation In Planning Hungarian Labor Market Programs, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

This paper summarizes the important features of the Hungarian ALPs (active labor market programs) and reports on the system to assess the effectiveness of ALPs which is now being implemented in Hungary. The system being introduced in Hungary is an example of "entrepreneurial government" in the sense of Osborne and Gaebler (1992). The paper lists performance indicators (PI) used for each program, and explains how they are used with administrative and follow-up data. The system of PI is designed to monitor performance while allowing decentralized decision making and avoiding adverse incentives. The system is designed to promote superior performance through …


Report On A Survey Of Unemployment And Active Labour Market Programmes In Hungary, Martin Godfrey, György LáZáR, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Report On A Survey Of Unemployment And Active Labour Market Programmes In Hungary, Martin Godfrey, György LáZáR, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Active Labor Market Programs In Transition Economies, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Evaluating Active Labor Market Programs In Transition Economies, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.


Active Labor Market Programs: Conceptual Framework, Christopher J. O'Leary Feb 2015

Active Labor Market Programs: Conceptual Framework, Christopher J. O'Leary

Christopher J. O'Leary

No abstract provided.