Are placements effective? Employers’ viewpoint

Abstract

The articleattempts to assessplacements organised forthe unemployedas seen from the perspective ofemployers in agriculturaldistrictswith a developedtouristfunctionin the kujawsko-pomorskie province. The study covered 158employers that organised placements in the time period 2008-2012. As a result, the thesis thatemployers considerplacementsas an effectiveinstrument oflabour market policies was verified positively.This result, however, cannot constitute a basis forbroadergeneralizations, since netemployment effectivenessanalysesindicatethat placementsare characterized by a relativelylowefficiency. A full assessment ofthe effectiveness ofplacementson local labour marketsrequiresfurtherevaluation studies.