Employment Impact Assessment
The ILO provides policy advice to constituents on employment policies at macro, meso and micro levels. This policy advice is guided by the principles of the ILO as enshrined in relevant Conventions and Recommendations. At the same time, policy advice should be agile and responsive to different scenarios, and therefore have at hand ready-to-be-applied tools and methods for assessing impact, so as to improve understanding of what works, when, where and how.
To effectively assess employment policies, investments and other interventions, different methods and approaches may be needed before, during and after implementation. The ILO’s approach is called Employment Impact Assessment, and involves a variety of impact assessment tools for its evidence-based policy development – both qualitative and quantitative, ex ante and ex post, macro, sectoral and micro. All these dimensions are relevant for assessing the success of interventions which include, though are not limited to:
- Active labour market programmes
- Sectoral policy
- Macro policies
- Investment projects, particularly in infrastructure
- Legislative proposals or reforms
Key Reference
Guide for Employment Impact Assessment
This document sets out guidelines on employment impact assessments. It also describes the methods and tools most frequently used by the ILO's Employment Policy, Livelihoods and Jobs Creation Department.
Knowledge, tools and guides
Infrastructure investments
Youth
Projects
Supported by the EU
Employment impact assessment to maximize job creation in Africa (STRENGTHEN2)
STRENGTHEN2 enhances the capacity to assess the employment outcomes of EU-funded investments and programmes in sub–Saharan African partner countries.
Supported by the EU
Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Neighbourhood (METI)
METI enables policymakers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to incorporate an employment perspective into trade and investment policies.
Supported by IFAD
The Taqeem Initiative on What Works for Youth Employment
The project supported and conducted research to build evidence for effective design and implementation of policies and programmes targeting young people and women in rural areas. Access the collection of impact reach on youth employment.