Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51701 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5632
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We estimate the effect of active labour market programmes on the exit rate to regular employment for non-western immigrants in Denmark who receive social assistance. We use the timing-of-events duration model and rich administrative data. We find large positive post-programme effects, and, surprisingly, even most in-programme effects are positive. The effects are largest for subsidized employment programmes, but effects are also large and significant for direct employment programmes and other programmes. The effects are larger if programmes begin after six months of unemployment. Implications of our estimates are illustrated by calculating effects on the duration to regular employment over a five-year period.
Subjects: 
programme evaluation
duration analysis
timing-of-events model
JEL: 
J64
J24
J68
J61
C41
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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