Abstract

The limited size of public budgets raises the need to evaluate public policies more thoroughly. This need also concerns the public funding of social entrepreneurship in Europe and its effectiveness and efficiency when aiming to increase employment among socially excluded people.

Based on the propensity score-matching approach, using place of residence, gender, year of birth, and employment status before taking part in the social entrepreneurship program financed by the Operational Program Human Resources and Employment (OP HRE), we compared 307 individuals who received employment support from public budgets and a control group of 1,228 individuals without support.

We found a positive effect of the social entrepreneurship program on employment. The supported group has a 19.3% higher chance of being employed 1 year after the support compared to the comparison group. Thus, the OP HRE investment in social enterprise support programs is effective. It is estimated that the public budget will see its investment completely returned in 11 years. From this perspective, the public funding of social enterprises may have positive implications for public sector authorities.

摘要

公共预算规模有限，因此需要更彻底地评估公共政策。这种需求还涉及欧洲社会创业的公共资金及其在旨在增加社会排斥人群就业时的有效性和效率。

基于倾向得分匹配方法，在参加由运营计划人力资源和就业 (OP HRE) 资助的社会创业计划之前，使用居住地、性别、出生年份和就业状况，我们比较了 307获得公共预算的就业支持和一个由 1,228 人组成的对照组，没有支持。

我们发现社会创业计划对就业有积极影响。与对照组相比，支持组在支持后 1 年就业的机会高 19.3%。因此，OP HRE 对社会企业支持计划的投资是有效的。预计11年后，公共预算将完全收回投资。从这个角度来看，社会企业的公共资金可能对公共部门当局产生积极影响。