Activating unemployed workers works; Experimental evidence from Denmark
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.
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2008
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Authors: | Graversen, Brian Krogh ; Ours, Jan C. van |
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Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 100.2008, 2, p. 308-310
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Elsevier |
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