In this project, a research consortium evaluated the Federal programme “Social Inclusion into the Labour Market”. The objective of this programme was the promotion of social inclusion for long-term unemployed and the improvement of their employability. The programme focused on unemployed individuals with health restrictions and/or with children of minor age in the household. It was initiated by the federal ministry of labour and social affairs (BMAS) as a pilot programme and ended 2018. 21,000 unemployed in nearly half of all job centers participated in the programme. The evaluation faces methodological challenges with respect to the design of the outcome variable “social inclusion” and the selection processes on the individual and job center level. The consortium produced five research reports, among them a study on the longer term programme impacts. The analysis focused on the average treatment of the treated, on the employment status after the end of the programme and on impact heterogeneities. The final report from 2020 contains a summary of the relevant findings ans well as policy and research conclusions.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Ivanov, Boris, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2020), Do job creation schemes improve the social integration and well-being of the long-term unemployed?, Labour Economics 64. Download
Pohlan, Laura (2019), Unemployment and Social Exclusion, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 164, 273-299. Download
Discussion and Working Papers
Aurich-Beerheide, Patrizia, Martin Brussig, Andrea Gabler, Boris Ivanov, Johannes Kirsch, Sandra Kotlenga, Philipp Langer, Barbara Nägele, Nils Pagels, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2020), Öffentlich geförderte Beschäftigung zur Förderung der Teilhabe von Langzeitarbeitslosen, ZEW policy brief No. 20-04, Mannheim. Download
Ivanov, Boris, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2020), Covid-19 und die sozialen Folgen für Arbeitslose, ZEW expert brief No. 20-10, Mannheim. Download
Ivanov, Boris, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2019), Do Job Creation Schemes Improve the Social Integration and Well-Being of the Long-Term Unemployed?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-048, Mannheim. Download
Pohlan, Laura (2018), Unemployment and Social Exclusion, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-029, Mannheim. Download
Expertises
Ivanov, Boris, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2020), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt. Fünfter Bericht - Wirkungen nach Programmende, BMAS, Berlin. Download
Brussig, Martin, Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide, Johannes Kirsch, Philipp Langer, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, Boris Ivanov, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Sandra Kotlenga , Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2019), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - Endbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Brussig, Martin, Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide, Johannes Kirsch, Philipp Langer, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, Boris Ivanov, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Sandra Kotlenga, Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2019), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - 3. Zwischenbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Brussig, Martin, Johannes Kirsch, Bettina Mosler, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, Boris Ivanov, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Sandra Kotlenga, Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2018), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - 2. Zwischenbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Brussig, Martin, Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide, Johannes Kirsch, Matthias Knuth, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, André Diegmann, Holger Bonin, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2017), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - 1. Zwischenbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Client
Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
, Berlin
, DE
Project duration
01.03.2016 - 31.10.2020
Contact
Project members
PD Dr. Friedhelm Pfeiffer
(Coordinator)
Dr. Laura Pohlan
(Coordinator)
Boris Ivanov
Departments
Cooperation partner
PD Dr. Martin Brussig, Institut für Arbeit und Qualifikation, Duisburg, DE
Nils Pagels, Zoom – Gesellschaft für prospektive Entwicklungen, Göttingen, DE
Dr. Henry Puhe, SOKO Institut für Sozialforschung und Kommunikation, Bielefeld, DE
