Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20989 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 149
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Swiss policy makers created a unique link between unemployment benefits and Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we allow for selectivity affecting the inflow into programs. Our results indicate that (i) After ALMP-participation the transition rate to jobs increases for Swiss women but not for Swiss men. However, the job hazard rate is strongly reduced during participation. Taken together, this leads to the conclusion that programs prolong unemployment duration for men, but tend to shorten durations for women. (ii) Once the unemployment spell approaches the expiration of unconditional benefit entitlement the job-hazard rate increases strongly, both for women and for men. (iii) There are important selectivity effects for Swiss females, but not for Swiss males.
Subjects: 
Active labor market policy
benefit entitlement
treatment effect
bivariate duration model
JEL: 
J64
I38
C41
C14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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