Public or Private? Job Counseling in France
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What is it?
This policy brief outlines a randomized evaluation of two job counseling programmes implemented in France in 2007. It assesses the impact of a reinforced counseling programme offered by private contractors versus public employment services. Nearly 44,000 job seekers were randomly selected to be part of the evaluation.
HIGHLIGHTS
An intensive counseling program for job seekers at risk of long-term unemployment in France helped them find work sooner than the standard low-intensity counseling programme, and the counseling was more effective when provided by a public agency than by private contractors.