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Adult earnings > Job training with other services (eAE) > Martins 2014

Detailed Information

Country	Country: Portugal
GDP per capita	21.563
Context details	Unemployed people with unemployment spells of between 1 and 12 months
Age	35

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2012
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	5
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Job centers monitored the job search eﬀort exerted by the recipients and some additional actions such as job search counselling, job interviews participation requirements, training, self-employment support, and workfare or traineeship placements

Evaluation design	Regression discontinuity
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Income level	N/A	3	161680	Coeff: 0.24; SE:0.11; SD: 100.00

Study	Martins, P. S. and Pessoa e Costa, S. (2014). “Reemployment and substitution effects from increased activation: evidence from times of crisis.” No. 8600, IZA discussion papers.