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| Title: | | On mandatory activation of welfare recipients  |
| Authors: | | Dahlberg, Matz Johansson, Kajsa Mörk, Eva |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 3947 |
| Abstract: | | This paper investigates whether mandatory activation programs for welfare recipients have effects on welfare participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies, we are able to capture both entry and exit effects. The empirical analysis makes use of a Swedish welfare reform in which the city districts in Stockholm gradually implemented mandatory activation programs for individuals on welfare. Overall, we find that mandatory activation of welfare recipients reduces overall welfare participation and increases employment. We also find that mandatory activation programs appear to work best for young people and for people born in non-Western countries. |
| Subjects: | | Welfare reform mandatory activation programs welfare participation employment difference-in-differences |
| JEL: | | I38 H31 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090209174 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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