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| Title: | | The relative efficiency of active labour market policy: Evidence from a social experiment and non-parametric methods  |
| Authors: | | Vikström, Johan Rosholm, Michael Svarer, Michael |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working paper // IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation 2011:7 |
| Abstract: | | We reanalyze 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 non-parametric methods to determine which of the individual policies that explains the positive effect. The use of non-parametric methods to separate sub-treatment effects is important from a methodological point of view, since the alternative, namely parametric/distributional assumptions, is in conflict with the concept of experimental evidence. Our results are highly relevant in a policy perspective, as optimal labour market policy design requires knowledge on the effectiveness of specific policy measures. |
| Subjects: | | Active labour market policy treatment effect non-parametric bounds |
| JEL: | | C14 C41 C93 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Papers, Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
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