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The role of workfare in striking a balance between incentives and insurance in the labour market
Andersen, Torben M.; Svarer, Michael - 2008
Workfare policies are often introduced in labour market policies to improve the trade-off between incentives and … equilibrium search framework, we show that the effects of workfare policies critically depend on the response of those not in the … programme when they take into account that workfare is a condition for remaining eligible for unemployment benefits. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270594
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The Role of Workfare in Striking a Balance between Incentives and Insurance in the Labour Market
Andersen, Torben M. - 2008
Workfare policies are often introduced in labour market policies to improve the trade-off between incentives and … equilibrium search framework, we show that the effects of workfare policies critically depend on the response of those not in the … programme when they take into account that workfare is a condition for remaining eligible for unemployment benefits. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772228
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A Danish Profiling System
Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael; Hammer, Bo - 2004
We describe the statistical model used for profiling new unemployed workers in Denmark. When a worker – during his or her first six months in unemployment – enters the employment office for the first time, this model predicts whether he or she will be unemployed for more than six months from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262159
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Experimental evidence on the effects of early meetings and activation
Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2012
We analyze the effects of four randomized social experiments, involving early and intensive active labour market policy, conducted in Denmark in 2008. The experiments entailed different combinations of early and intensive treatment in terms of meetings and active labour market programmes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289999
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Are public or private providers of employment services more effective? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Rehwald, Kai; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2015
This paper compares the effectiveness of public and private providers of employment services. Reporting from a randomized field experiment conducted in Denmark we assess empirically the case for contracting out employment services for a well-defined group of highly educated job-seekers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346599
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Experimental evidence on the effects of early meetings and activation
Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2012
We analyze the effects of four randomized social experiments, involving early and intensive active labour market policy, conducted in Denmark in 2008. The experiments entailed different combinations of early and intensive treatment in terms of meetings and active labour market programmes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663989
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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Early Meetings and Activation
Maibom, Jonas - 2012
We analyze the effects of four randomized social experiments, involving early and intensive active labour market policy, conducted in Denmark in 2008. The experiments entailed different combinations of early and intensive treatment in terms of meetings and active labour market programmes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098133
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A Statistical Programme Assignment Model
Staghoej, Jonas; Svarer, Michael; Rosholm, Michael - 2021
When treatment effects of active labour market programmes are heterogeneous in an observable way across the population, the allocation of the unemployed into different programmes becomes a particularly important issue. In this paper, we present a statistical model designed to improve the present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316705
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A Danish Profiling System
Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael; Hammer, Bo - 2021
We describe the statistical model used for profiling new unemployed workers in Denmark. When a worker - during his or her first six months in unemployment - enters the employment office for the first time, this model predicts whether he or she will be unemployed for more than six months from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318868
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The Effect of Sanctions and Active Labour Market Programmes on the Exit Rate from Unemployment
Ahmad, Nisar; Svarer, Michael - 2009
This paper simultaneously investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions and active labour market programmes on the exit rate from un mployment using Danish data. In the data about one third of the individuals who are sanctioned also participate in some active labour market programmes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200154