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Estimating Equilibrium Effects of Job Search Assistance

Gautier, Pieter; Muller, Paul; van der Klaauw, Bas; … - 2012

Randomized experiments provide policy relevant treatment effects if there areno spillovers between participants and nonparticipants. We show that thisassumption is violated for a Danish activation program for unemployed workers.Using a difference-in-difference model we show that the...

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Active labour market policies in a recession

Andersen, Torben M.; Svarer, Michael - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

A major labour market challenge following the Great Recession is to avoid an increase in long-term unemployment and thus the structural unemployment rate. Active labour market policies may play an important role in this respect. We consider these issues with outset in Denmark which is a country...

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Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz: eine Gegenüberstellung

Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 3, pp. 118-154

Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in der Schweiz wird der deutschen gegenübergestellt. Beide Länder haben viele … Gemeinsamkeiten bezüglich Zielsetzung, Instrumenten und institutionellen Reformen von aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik. In der Schweiz … Deutschland wird ein ähnliches System gegenwärtig entwickelt. Für die Evaluation aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik und die Prognosen …

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The relative efficiency of active labour market policies: Evidence from a social experiment and non-parametric methods

Vikström, Johan; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2011

We re-analyze the effects of a Danish active labour market program social experiment that included a range of sub-treatments, including monitoring, job search assistance and training. Previous studies have shown that the overall effect of the experiment is positive. We apply newly developed...

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Estimating equilibrium effects of job search assistance

Gautier, Pieter; Muller, Paul; van der Klaauw, Bas; … - 2012

Randomized experiments provide policy relevant treatment effects if there are no spillovers between participants and nonparticipants. We show that this assumption is violated for a Danish activation program for unemployed workers. Using a difference-in-difference model we show that the...

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Experimental evidence on the effects of early meetings and activation

Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2012

found for women. In general, we find large differences between men and women, especially in the exact timing of the effects …

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