Counterfactual evaluation of youth employment policies. Methodological guide

Abstract

This guide provides a step-by-step introduction to the counterfactual evaluation of labour market policies for youth with a focus on the use of administrative data. The main issues are illustrated by the practical problems encountered in evaluating hiring subsidies for youth in the four countries of the Youth Employment PartnerSHIP project (Spain, Hungary, Italy, and Poland). However, the guide can be applied to evaluating other programmes as well.