In this paper experimental data from three Swedish demonstration programmes in 2004 are used to study pre-programme effects of active placement efforts. In one of the experiments, targeted towards a broad group of UI receivers, arranged job-search activities in groups combined with increased...

This paper reports the experience from a randomised experiment offering voluntary job search assistance on the Internet to job seekers at Swedish public employment offices. Among those applying for participation, youth, highly educated and people living in big city areas were overrepresented....

This paper investigates the impact of the unemployment insurance (UI) entrance re-quirement on employment duration among earlier unemployed in Sweden. I exploit changes in the rules taking place in 1994 and 1997 to study behavioural adjustments in the timing of job separation in 1992, 1996, and...