Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile

Autores
Chumacero, Rómulo A.; Paredes M., Ricardo
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
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Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
This paper develops direct tests for evaluating the performance of two types of emergency employment programs put in place in Chile since 1999. Our results suggest: First, decentralized and market-driven programs (subsidies for hiring and training) are more efficient in terms of productivity, but are targeted to people that are less vulnerable to unemployment. Second, direct employment programs result in moderate increases of the income of the households of the participants. This increase may be outweighted by the costs (in present value) associated with higher school drop-out and participation rates. Third, if analyzed at a municipality level (comuna), centralized programs do not target municipalities with higher unemployment, increased vulnerability to unemployment, or even lower median income levels, but are strongly correlated with the political affiliation of its major. Finally, our results suggest that the population targeted in direct employment programs is not more vulnerable to unemployment than the actually unemployed.
Departamento de Economía
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
employment programs; targeting; propensity score matching
Chile
economía
JEL: C25, J45, J64, H31, H32
empleo
descentralización
Nivel de accesibilidad
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
title Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
spellingShingle Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
Chumacero, Rómulo A.
Ciencias Económicas
employment programs; targeting; propensity score matching
Chile
economía
JEL: C25, J45, J64, H31, H32
empleo
descentralización
title_short Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
title_full Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
title_fullStr Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
title_full_unstemmed Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
title_sort Does centralization imply better targeting?: evaluating emergency employment programs in Chile
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Chumacero, Rómulo A.
Paredes M., Ricardo
author Chumacero, Rómulo A.
author_facet Chumacero, Rómulo A.
Paredes M., Ricardo
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author2 Paredes M., Ricardo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
employment programs; targeting; propensity score matching
Chile
economía
JEL: C25, J45, J64, H31, H32
empleo
descentralización
topic Ciencias Económicas
employment programs; targeting; propensity score matching
Chile
economía
JEL: C25, J45, J64, H31, H32
empleo
descentralización
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper develops direct tests for evaluating the performance of two types of emergency employment programs put in place in Chile since 1999. Our results suggest: First, decentralized and market-driven programs (subsidies for hiring and training) are more efficient in terms of productivity, but are targeted to people that are less vulnerable to unemployment. Second, direct employment programs result in moderate increases of the income of the households of the participants. This increase may be outweighted by the costs (in present value) associated with higher school drop-out and participation rates. Third, if analyzed at a municipality level (comuna), centralized programs do not target municipalities with higher unemployment, increased vulnerability to unemployment, or even lower median income levels, but are strongly correlated with the political affiliation of its major. Finally, our results suggest that the population targeted in direct employment programs is not more vulnerable to unemployment than the actually unemployed.
Departamento de Economía
description This paper develops direct tests for evaluating the performance of two types of emergency employment programs put in place in Chile since 1999. Our results suggest: First, decentralized and market-driven programs (subsidies for hiring and training) are more efficient in terms of productivity, but are targeted to people that are less vulnerable to unemployment. Second, direct employment programs result in moderate increases of the income of the households of the participants. This increase may be outweighted by the costs (in present value) associated with higher school drop-out and participation rates. Third, if analyzed at a municipality level (comuna), centralized programs do not target municipalities with higher unemployment, increased vulnerability to unemployment, or even lower median income levels, but are strongly correlated with the political affiliation of its major. Finally, our results suggest that the population targeted in direct employment programs is not more vulnerable to unemployment than the actually unemployed.
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