Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263386 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15170
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Activation policies to promote self-sufficiency among recipients of welfare and other types of benefits are becoming more common in many welfare states. We evaluate a law change in Norway making welfare receipt conditional on participation in an activation program for all welfare recipients below the age of 30. Analyzing the program's staggered implementation across municipalities with several modern event study estimators, we estimate that the law change had quite precise 0-effects on benefit receipt, work and education. We also do not find any effects on the probability of being out of work or of being in employment, education or labor market programs. Qualitative evidence suggests that the zero effect may be due to the law change only impacting the participation of recipients with low expected gain from activation.
Subjects: 
social assistance
activation
conditionality
welfare reform
labor
JEL: 
H55
I38
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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