TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– One of the most successful labour market programmes in Sweden is a start‐up subsidy programme for job seekers registered at the public employment service. The purpose of this paper is to examine if there are gender differences in outcomes of this programme.Design/methodology/approach– The analysis compares the outcome for female participants of the start‐up programme with that of four other matched groups: male and female non‐participants, male non‐participants, female non‐participants, and male participants.Findings– The authors' results indicate that females entering the programme have a higher success rate than both female and male non‐participants; however, the impact is less in comparison with male than with female non‐participants. Compared to a matched sample of males in the start‐up scheme, female participants are less successful.Originality/value– The paper concludes is that it is essential to find evidence regarding which programmes work for which target groups and to find out why effects differ by categories. Such knowledge could be used for fine‐tuning labour market policy programmes.
VL  - 30
IS  - 4
SN  - 2040-7149
DO  - 10.1108/02610151111135741
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02610151111135741
AU  - Månsson Jonas
AU  - Delander Lennart
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Gender differences in active labour market policy: The Swedish self‐employment programme
T2  - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 278
EP  - 296
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -