Description: Profiling the Unemployed : A Review of OECD Experiences and Implications for Emerging Economies

Profiling the Unemployed : A Review of OECD Experiences and Implications for Emerging Economies

This paper takes stock of methods to profile the unemployed in public employment services (PESs) in OECD countries, in order to single out suitable approaches for PES in emerging economies. Profiling should enable PESs to segment jobseekers into gr...

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Main Authors:	Loxha, Artan, Morgandi, Matteo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT ACTIVE INTERVENTIONS ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET INTERVENTIONS ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ACTIVE LABOUR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES AGE CATEGORIES AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AUTOMATION BASIC CITIZEN CODING COMMUNITIES COMPETITIVE MARKET DATA PROCESSING DEADWEIGHT DEADWEIGHT LOSS DEADWEIGHT LOSSES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIGITAL DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISSEMINATION DRIVERS EARLY IDENTIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL ELDERLY EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY ETHNIC GROUP EXPECTED UNEMPLOYMENT FINDING WORK FIRST UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL HEALTH PROBLEMS HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INCOME SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL NEEDS INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INNOVATION JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCHES JOB SEEKER JOB SEEKERS JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET SERVICES LABOR MARKET SUCCESS LABOR POLICY LABOR STATISTICS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LOCAL LABOR MARKET LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS MINISTRIES OF LABOR MOTIVATION NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NETWORKS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OCCUPATION OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS OUTSOURCING PENSIONS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS PRECEDING SECTION PRIMARY REASON PRIVATE CONTRACTOR PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SERVICE PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONALS PROFILING MODEL PROFILING MODELS PROGRAM COST PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS REEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS REEMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS REEMPLOYMENT SERVICE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESOURCE NEEDS RESPECT SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCARCE RESOURCES SELF-SUFFICIENCY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE OFFERINGS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL WELFARE STAFF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED PERSON UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WEBSITE WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20254295/profiling-unemployed-review-oecd-experiences-implications-emerging-economics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20382

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Summary:	This paper takes stock of methods to profile the unemployed in public employment services (PESs) in OECD countries, in order to single out suitable approaches for PES in emerging economies. Profiling should enable PESs to segment jobseekers into groups with similar risk of work-resumption, and in turn to determine their level of access to different levels of treatment. In our framework PESs rely to a varying extent on (i) case worker discretion and on (ii) data-intensive approaches. On one hand of the spectrum, PESs may allocate interventions on a first-come-first-serve basis according to broad eligibility criteria (age, unemployment duration). This is likely to either induce deadweight loss or to delay treatment. Most often case managers judgment, steered by qualitative guidelines, also plays a role. In this case outcomes depend strongly on the available time and capacity of case managers. An alternative approach is to exploit data about jobseekers to determine the probability of work-resumption according to a statistical model, which then allows the identification of customers most likely to need active labor market interventions. We argue that for PES in emerging economies that show limited case management experience and high customer load, statistical profiling could be a suitable tool to maximize the impact of their scarce resources.

Profiling the Unemployed : A Review of OECD Experiences and Implications for Emerging Economies

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