Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20566 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1300
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We combine two techniques to consistently estimate the effect of active labour market programmes and, in particular, active labour market policy regimes. Our aim is to explicitly estimate the threat effect of active labour market programmes. Based on Danish data (1998- 2002) from administrative registers we find a strong and significantly positive threat effect. The threat effect is shown to reduce average unemployment duration by approximately three weeks. The implications of this result are discussed.
Subjects: 
active labour market policy
threat effect
timing-of-events
duration model
JEL: 
C41
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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