Aktywne programy rynku pracy: szacunki funkcji dopasowań dla Polski z wykorzystaniem danych regionalnych
Active Labour Market Programs: Some Estimates of the Matching Function for Poland Based on Regional Data

Summary/Abstract: The paper attempts at the evaluation of the effects of the active labour market programs (ALMP) in Poland. The analysis covers the period between the 1st quarter of 2006 and the 4th quarter of 2012. In order to assess the effects of the ALMP on employment and unemployment, the author has estimated the matching function and analysed the impact of schooling and traineeship programs on pairing the labour market agents and on the unemployment rate. To this aim, dynamic econometric models have been estimated using panel data for 16 voivodeships. The results indicate a higher employment efficiency of the traineeship programs: an increase in the number of trainees by 1% implies, after three quarters, a decrease in the number of unemployed by ca 0.1–0.16%. The analysis of the outflows to employment has also revealed an over-proportional share of trainees in the total number of the newly filled job. The schooling programs, on the other hand, appear to be ineffective in the light of the calculations. These programs do not show any significant impact on the unemployment rate, and the analysis of outflows to employment has shown a relatively low proportion of the former participants of the schooling programs, which lengthens the period of job seeking.

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