Final Report Review of Community Employment Programme

September 1998

In association with Dr Anthony Murphy, Department of Economics, University College Dublin

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Section

1    Executive Summary

1.1 Summary of Recommendations: Highlights
1.2 Main Findings
1.3 Issues and Detailed Recommendations

2    Introduction & Terms of Reference

2.1 Terms of Reference
2.2 Approach to Study
2.3 Report Structure
2.4 Acknowledgements

3    Labour Market Profile

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Population Overview
3.3 Labour Force Overview
3.4 Aspects of Employment Trends 1981-1997
3.5 Aspects of Unemployment Trends 1981-1997
3.6 Employment Outlook
3.7 Concluding Remarks

4.    Labour Market Policy

4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Evolution of Active Labour Market Policy in Ireland
4.3 Current Active Labour Market Programmes in Ireland
4.4 Active Labour Market Policy - International Review
4.5 Concluding Remarks

5.    Community Employment: An Overview

5.1 Introduction & Background
5.2 CE: Objectives
5.3 CE: Stakeholders
5.4 CE: Operational Aspects
5.5 CE: Financial Aspects
5.6 CE: Statistical Profile

6.    Community Employment: Control Group Analysis

6.1 Introduction
6.2 Analysis of FÁS Follow-Up Surveys
6.3 Analysis of FÁS Dataset on CE Characteristics
6.4 Comparison of CE with the Control Group
6.5 Comparison of CE with Other Labour Market Programmes

7.    Community Employment: Fieldwork Results

7.1 Introduction
7.2 Identification of Key Issues
7.3 Participants: Survey Findings
7.4 Supervisors: Survey Findings
7.5 Sponsors: Survey Findings
7.6 Facilitators
7.7 Subsequent Employers
7.8 Concluding Remarks

Appendices

Appendix I Participants Survey
Appendix II Supervisors Survey
Appendix III Sponsors Survey
Appendix IV Modelling the Incidence of Employment: FÁS Follow-Up Surveys
Appendix V Modelling the Incidence of Employment: Labour Force Surveys
Appendix VI Bibliography

Review of CE Programme - September 1998 - Final Report