3. methodology Stratified random sample of PLOs drawn from 341;
PULS databases from 69 PLOs (59 of them were complete and operable);
data on unemployed;
according to the data, unemployed who were registered participated in ESF-funded trainings;
the Propensity Score Matching technique was used to establish the control group of unemployed who did not participate in ESF-funded trainings

4. Challenges
Lack off or limitations of centralized data collection systems
Legal framework (personal data protection, autonomy of PLOs, MA is not PES)
Errors and limitations of local databases
Limitations of the method

5. Propensity Score Matching
Control group – represents the counterfactual state
Factors that affect both participation and outcomes
Propensity score
Matching
Comparison

6. Standardized difference (in %)
Factor
Category
Treated
Control group
Standardized difference (in %)
gender
male
51,7%
51,6%
+0,3%
marital status
married
47,6%
47,9%
-0,7%
separated
0,2%
0,3%
unmarried
52,0%
+0,7%
education
lower than primary
0,1%
+0,0%
primary
15,7%
15,9%
basic vocational
25,0%
24,1%
+1,9%
lower secondary
1,2%
1,3%
-0,4%
vocational secondary (4 years)
2,0%
2,1%
post-secondary
6,0%
6,3%
-1,2%
general secondary
13,5%
-0,2%
vocational secondary
24,3%
24,7%
-0,8%
tertiary
12,2%
11,9%
+0,9%
disabled
yes
2,3%
2,2%
+1,3%
lonely parent
6,2%
+0,8%
number of children
0,56
+0,2%

7. Standardized difference (in %)
Factor
Category
Treated
Control group
Standardized difference (in %)
age
18-24
34,3%
+0,1%
25-42
49,0%
49,1%
-0,2%
43-49
11,1%
11,3%
-0,7%
50-54
4,4%
4,1%
+1,3%
55-64
1,1%
1,2%
-0,1%
total length of service (days)
2191
2162
+1,0%
occupational group
13,7%
13,8%
-0,3% 1
0,5% 2
+0,6% 3
23,1%
23,6%
-1,3% 4
4,0%
-0,4% 5
+0,0% 6
2,0%
2,1% 7
23,2%
+0,9% 8
4,5%
4,2%
+1,5% 9
6,0%
6,1%
number of professions performed
1,88

8. Standardized difference (in %)
Factor
Category
Treated
Control group
Standardized difference (in %)
driving license
has
29,0%
29,1%
+0,0%
number of known foreign languages
,54
-0,5%
graduate status
yes
13,7%
13,9%
-0,4%
unskilled status
9,1%
9,2%
-0,3%
unemployment duration before the training (days)
312
314
number of job offers received within a year before the training
,23
,22
+0,1%
appearance rate when called to the office
,84
,85
-3,2%
number of days spent on subsidized work within 6 months before the training
,58
,61
number of trainings completed within 2 years before the training
,03
-0,2%
number of days spent on training within 2 years before the training
1,35
apprenticeship before the training
participated
6,3%
6,1%
+0,6%
urbanization rate in the county (powiat)

9. results

10. results

11. results

12. results

13. results
Self employed
Time in months
Treated
Control group