Dustmann, Christian; Landersø, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars … - 2023
This paper analyzes the effects of Denmark's Start Aid welfare reform that targets refugees. Implemented in 2002, it … enables us to study not only the reform's immediate effects, but also its longerterm consequences, and its repeal a decade … later. The reform-induced large transfer cuts led to an increase in employment rates, but only in the short run. Overall …