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dc.contributor.authorRichardson, Katarinaen
dc.contributor.authorvan den Berg, Gerard J.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-22-
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-27T09:30:20Z-
dc.date.available2011-05-27T09:30:20Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45778-
dc.description.abstractThe vocational employment training program is the most expensive training program in Sweden and a cornerstone of labor market policy. We analyze its causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by exploiting variation in the timing of treatment and outcome, dealing with selectivity on unobservables. We demonstrate the appropriateness of this approach in our con-text by studying the enrollment process. We develop a model allowing for duration dependence and unobserved heterogeneity (leading to spurious duration dependence) in the treatment effect itself, and we prove non-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a large significantly positive effect on exit to work shortly after exiting the program. The effect at the individual level diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration is small.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) |cUppsalaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x2008:7en
dc.subject.jelJ64en
dc.subject.jelC21en
dc.subject.jelC41en
dc.subject.jelC14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordvocational trainingen
dc.subject.keywordprogram evaluationen
dc.subject.keywordduration analysisen
dc.subject.keywordselectivity biasen
dc.subject.keyworddynamic treatmentsen
dc.subject.keywordactive labor market policyen
dc.subject.keywordidentificationen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktpolitiken
dc.subject.stwBerufsausbildungen
dc.subject.stwBerufsbegleitende Ausbildungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwDaueren
dc.subject.stwBerufliche Integrationen
dc.subject.stwSchwedenen
dc.titleDuration dependence versus unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects: Swedish labor market training and the transition rate to employment-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn567839966en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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