Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Sarah Crichton
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah	
Author-X-Name-Last: Crichton
Author-Email: sarah.crichton@stats.govt.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Labour and Immigration Research Centre, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Author-Name: Maré, David C
Author-X-Name-First: David C.	
Author-X-Name-Last: Maré
Author-Email: dave.mare@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Title: The Impact of Wage Subsidies on Jobseekers' Outcomes and Firm Employment
Abstract:  The study examines the impact of wage subsidies on assisted jobseekers and on the firms that employ them, using propensity matching methods. Overall we find that starting a subsidised job leads to significant employment and earning benefits for assisted jobseekers over several years. Subsidised workers are disproportionately hired into expanding firms, though we cannot determine whether the expansion would have occurred in the absence of the subsidy.
Length: 88 pages
Creation-Date:  2013-05
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/13_05.pdf
Number: 13_05
Classification-JEL: J08; J38; J64
Keywords: wage subsidy, active labour market policies, propensity matching
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:13_05