J 2024

Do individualised projects help integrate the long-term unemployed and disadvantaged people? Lessons from the Czech Republic

HORA, Ondřej and Tomáš SIROVÁTKA

Basic information

Original name

Do individualised projects help integrate the long-term unemployed and disadvantaged people? Lessons from the Czech Republic

Authors

Edition

International Journal of Social Welfare, Wiley, 2024, 1369-6866

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.900 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

UT WoS

001076951700001

Keywords in English

active labour market policy measures; Czech Republic; individual work; long-termunemployed and disadvantaged groups; targeted project

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 18/6/2024 16:36, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Abstract

V originále

This article evaluates a national project for the integration of long-term unemployed and disadvantaged groups of jobseekers implemented in the Czech Republic since 2019. It discusses how individual work and active labour market policy measures for these groups have changed, and what the outcomes were. We combined a quantitative evaluation of the targeting and outcomes of the measures with a qualitative evaluation of changes in the project implementation through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions conducted at the Labour Office branches. The findings show the need to broaden the availability of hard measures such as private-sector placement subsidies for the most disadvantaged jobseekers, and to improve soft measures (counselling and training), especially if front-line workers do not have sufficient competences for individual work. We are cautious about generalising the findings, as the pandemic complicated the implementation of soft measures.