Table 4 Effects of lower caseloads on frequency of caseworker meetings, job offers, sanctions and programme participation.
From: The impact of lower caseloads in public employment services on the unemployed
Treated | Controls | Mean Difference (SE) | OLS estimates (SE) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Share with meeting (%) | 93.5 | 91.7 | 1.8*** (0.5) | 1.7*** (0.5) |
Meetings | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.3*** (0.1) | 2.4*** (0.1) |
Meetings per month of treatment | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3*** (0.0) | 0.3*** (0.0) |
Share with job offer (%) | 59.1 | 49.8 | 9.3*** (1.0) | 10.5*** (0.9) |
Job offers | 4.7 | 2.1 | 2.5*** (0.1) | 2.6*** (0.1) |
Job offers per month of treatment | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3*** (0.0) | 0.3*** (0.0) |
Share with benefit sanction (%) | 11.9 | 8.3 | 3.5*** (0.6) | 3.7*** (0.6) |
Report failure | 9.7 | 7.2 | 2.5*** (0.6) | 2.6*** (0.6) |
Job or training refusal | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.2*** (0.3) | 1.3*** (0.3) |
Share with programme start (%) | 47.3 | 38.5 | 8.8*** (1.0) | 9.1*** (0.9) |
Job search programme | 5.9 | 5.5 | 0.4 (0.5) | 0.7 (0.5) |
Vocational orientation | 4.2 | 3.2 | 1.0** (0.4) | 1.0*** (0.4) |
Training | 19.5 | 17.3 | 2.2*** (0.8) | 2.1*** (0.7) |
Course subsidies | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.1*** (0.4) | 2.3*** (0.4) |
Integration subsidy | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 (0.1) | 0.0 (0.1) |
Direct job creation | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0*** (0.3) | 1.0*** (0.3) |
Non-profit temp agency | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.1 (0.1) |
External counselling | 27.2 | 19.7 | 7.4*** (0.9) | 7.1*** (0.8) |