Evaluation of the Labour Market Development Agreements

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Table of contents

• List of abbreviations
• List of tables and figures
• Executive summary
• Management response
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Labour Market Development Agreement background
  • 1.2 Methodology
  • 1.3 Overview of the studies summarized in this report
• Chapter 2. Evaluation findings
  • 2.1 Rationale and labour market context
  • 2.2 Skills Development
    • 2.2.1 Program description
    • 2.2.2 Program delivery
    • 2.2.3 Profile of Skills Development participants
    • 2.2.4 Incremental impacts
    • 2.2.5 Cost-benefit results
    • 2.2.6 Challenges and lessons learned about Skills Development design and delivery
  • 2.3 Skills Development Apprentices
    • 2.3.1 Program description
    • 2.3.2 Program delivery
    • 2.3.3 Profile of Skills Development-Apprentices participants
    • 2.3.4 Labour market outcomes
    • 2.3.5 Challenges and lessons learned about Skills Development-Apprentices design and delivery
  • 2.4 Targeted Wage Subsidies
    • 2.4.1 Program description
    • 2.4.2 Program delivery
    • 2.4.3 Profile of Targeted Wage Subsidies participants
    • 2.4.4 Incremental impacts
    • 2.4.5 Cost-benefit results
    • 2.4.6 Challenges and lessons learned about Targeted Wage Subsidies design and delivery
  • 2.5 Self-Employment
    • 2.5.1 Program description
    • 2.5.2 Profile of Self-Employment participants
    • 2.5.3 Challenges in measuring Self-Employment incremental impacts
  • 2.6 Job Creation Partnerships
    • 2.6.1 Program description
    • 2.6.2 Profile of Job Creation Partnerships participants
    • 2.6.3 Incremental impacts
    • 2.6.4 Cost-benefit results
  • 2.7 Employment Assistances Services
    • 2.7.1 Program description
    • 2.7.2 Program delivery
    • 2.7.3 Profile of Employment Assistance Services Participants
    • 2.7.4 Incremental impacts
    • 2.7.5 Cost-benefit results
    • 2.7.6 Challenges and lessons learned about Employment Assistance Services design and delivery
• Chapter 3. Comparison of key findings by program type
• Chapter 4. Conclusions
• Chapter 5. Recommendations
• References
• Appendix A – Methodology
• Appendix B – Detailed results Skills Development
• Appendix C – Detailed results Skills Development – Apprenticeship
• Appendix D – Detailed results Targeted Wage Subsidies
• Appendix E – Detailed results Self-Employment
• Appendix F – Detailed results Job Creation Partnerships
• Appendix G – Detailed results Employment Assistance Services only
• Appendix H - List of nine studies included in the synthesis report