HORA, Ondřej and Tomáš SIROVÁTKA. Do individualised projects help integrate the long-term unemployed and disadvantaged people? Lessons from the Czech Republic. International Journal of Social Welfare. Wiley, 2023, p. 1-15. ISSN 1369-6866. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12635.
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Original name Do individualised projects help integrate the long-term unemployed and disadvantaged people? Lessons from the Czech Republic
Authors HORA, Ondřej and Tomáš SIROVÁTKA.
Edition International Journal of Social Welfare, Wiley, 2023, 1369-6866.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 1.900 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12635
Keywords in English active labour market policy measures; Czech Republic; individual work; long-termunemployed and disadvantaged groups; targeted project
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Abstract
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.
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