Expertise

Employment services priority area

SEO conducts a lot of research into employment services. This is not a straightforward matter, because there is usually no control group of people who have not received those services; that, however, can be corrected by using specific quantitative techniques. We also look extensively at the workings of the market for employment services, examining how well it is performing in terms of price and quality of service, as well as whether the players in it have the right incentives to perform most effectively. One important question, for instance, is whether "no cure, no pay" would lead to better value for money in the market.

Below are some examples of research into labour-market reintegration services.

Market analyses

760: Effect of market forces in employment services.
742: International experiences with the contracting out of employment services.
727: Are private employment services socially wasteful?    

Evaluation and effectiveness studies

844: The way back: from incapacity to work.
739: Evaluation of the comprehensive approach, 1998-2003.
718B: How to contract out employment services: the relationship between personal characteristics, costs and effectiveness of employment services.

Cost-benefit analyses

677: Costs and benefits of labour-market reintegration services.

Forecasts

715: The local-authority counter: a tool for forecasting numbers of social assistance benefits.