scholarly journals The Effects of Welfare‐to‐Work Program Activities on Labor Market Outcomes

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Dyke ◽  
Carolyn J. Heinrich ◽  
Peter R. Mueser ◽  
Kenneth R. Troske ◽  
Kyung‐Seong Jeon
2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H Autor ◽  
Susan N Houseman

Temporary-help jobs offer rapid entry into paid employment, but they are typically brief and it is unknown whether they foster longer term employment. We utilize the unique structure of Detroit's welfare-to-work program to identify the effect of temporary-help jobs on labor market advancement. Exploiting the rotational assignment of welfare clients to numerous nonprofit contractors with differing job placement rates, we find that temporary-help job placements do not improve and may diminish subsequent earnings and employment outcomes among participants. In contrast, job placements with direct-hire employers substantially raise earnings and employment over a seven quarter follow-up period. (JEL J22, J23, J24, J31, J68)


2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Dyke ◽  
Carolyn Heinrich ◽  
Peter R. Mueser ◽  
Kenneth R. Troske

Author(s):  
Carla Calero ◽  
Veronica Gonzales ◽  
Yuri Soares ◽  
Jochen Kluve ◽  
Carlos Henrique Leite Corseuil

Author(s):  
Anda David ◽  
Mohamed Ali Marouani

This chapter focuses on the external effects of emigration on non-migrants, and particularly on the interactions with labor market outcomes in Tunisia before and after the revolution. Using the new Tunisia Labor Market Panel Survey (TLMPS), we conduct an in-depth analysis of the structure and dynamics of migration, including the profile of migrants and their origin households, mainly in terms of skills and spatial composition. We investigate transition matrices, employment status, income for current migrants and returnees, and the evolution of remittances. Our analysis confirms the role of emigration as a safety valve for the Tunisian labor market. Moreover, origin households of migrants have a significantly higher wealth index. Our analysis also tends to confirm the effects of remittances on labor supply of non-migrants, which can have a negative impact on Tunisia’s unemployment rate when a crisis in destination countries affects the remittance rate negatively.


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