Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302788 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 285.v2 [Year:] 2024
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Contracting out job placement services might save costs and provide a service capacity buffer in times of increasing unemployment. However, state agencies must be able to ensure a suitable balance between services and quality, and to carefully monitor and evaluate private provider outcomes. Empirical evidence finds that public employment agencies are at least equally as successful in placing the unemployed as private providers. Conditions for successful implementation include the conclusion of complete contracts, adequate monitoring of quantity and quality, low entry barriers into the market, and longer-term development processes.
Subjects: 
unemployment
employment services
privatization
contracting out
JEL: 
L33
J68
J65
H44
H53
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Document Type: 
Article

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