The Distributional Impacts of Active Labor Market Programs for Indigenous Populations
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 111,
May 2021
(pp. 216-20)
Abstract
We evaluate the distributional impacts of active labor market programming for indigenous peoples in Canada. Using administrative data and an empirical strategy that compares participants in high-intensity programs—skills interventions, job-creation partnerships, or wage subsidies—to those in low-intensity programs, such as employment assistance or job counseling, reveals large returns to high-intensity programming for above-median earnings. Returns are largest for women at the mean, suggesting that high-intensity programming may reduce gender gaps in earnings among participants, who represent 10 percent of all indigenous people in Canada. Larger returns at the top of the distribution indicate that overall inequality among participants could increase.Citation
Feir, Donna, Kelly Foley, and Maggie E. C. Jones. 2021. "The Distributional Impacts of Active Labor Market Programs for Indigenous Populations." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111: 216-20. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20211013Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- J68 Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
- J38 Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
- J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement