Activating unemployed workers works; Experimental evidence from Denmark

In a field experiment in two Danish counties about half of the unemployed workers were randomly assigned to a mandatory activation program. Analyzing data from this experiment we show that activation can be very effective in reducing unemployment durations.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Graversen, Brian Krogh ; Ours, Jan C. van
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 100.2008, 2, p. 308-310
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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