Replication data for: Leaving Poverty Behind? The Effects of Generous Income Support Paired with Activation

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Project Citation:

Markussen, Simen, and Røed, Knut. Replication data for: Leaving Poverty Behind? The Effects of Generous Income Support Paired with Activation. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114621V1

Project Description

Summary: We evaluate a comprehensive activation program in Norway targeted at hard-to-employ social assistance claimants with reduced work capacity. The program offers a combination of tailored rehabilitation, training, and job practice, and a generous, stable, and non-means-tested benefit. Its primary aims are to mitigate poverty and subsequently promote self-supporting employment. Our evaluation strategy exploits a geographically staggered program introduction, and the causal effects are identified on the basis of changes in employment prospects that coincide with local program implementation in a way that correlates with the predicted probability of becoming a participant. We find that the program raised employment prospects considerably. (JEL H55, I32, I38, J24)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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