The effectiveness of the JOBS program among the long-term unemployed: a randomized experiment in the Netherlands
Given the adverse effects of long-term unemployment, it is of major concern that evidence-based interventions are available for the long-term unemployed. Therefore, we examined the effectiveness of the JOBS program, a group training for the unemployed [Caplan, R. D., Vinokur, A. D., Price, R. H. and Van Ryn, M. (1989). Journal of Applied Psychology , 74 , 759–769], among long-term unemployed individuals. In a randomly controlled trial, JOBS was compared with a control condition and a voucher intervention, in which individuals were given the opportunity to spend a certain budget on services tha... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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Oxford University Press
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| Schlagwörter: | ORIGINAL PAPERS |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26806936 |
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| Link(s) : | http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/27/2/220 |
Given the adverse effects of long-term unemployment, it is of major concern that evidence-based interventions are available for the long-term unemployed. Therefore, we examined the effectiveness of the JOBS program, a group training for the unemployed [Caplan, R. D., Vinokur, A. D., Price, R. H. and Van Ryn, M. (1989). Journal of Applied Psychology , 74 , 759–769], among long-term unemployed individuals. In a randomly controlled trial, JOBS was compared with a control condition and a voucher intervention, in which individuals were given the opportunity to spend a certain budget on services that could help them reintegrate. After 6 months JOBS participants had more often found a job and were more satisfied with the intervention. After 12 months effects were still visible, but less pronounced.