Activating Unemployed Workers Works; Experimental Evidence from Denmark
Posted: 22 Jan 2015
Date Written: February 19, 2008
Abstract
In a field experiment in two Danish counties about half of the unemployed workers were randomly assigned to a mandatory activation program. Analyzing data from this experiment we show that activation can be very effective in reducing unemployment durations.
Keywords: Unemployment insurance; Unemployment duration; Experiment
JEL Classification: J6; C9
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Graversen, Brian Krogh and van Ours, Jan C., Activating Unemployed Workers Works; Experimental Evidence from Denmark (February 19, 2008). Economics Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 2, pp. 308-310, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2553334
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