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Screening through Activation? Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Program

Caroline Hall, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Linus Liljeberg and Jukka Pirttilä
Published online before print June 10, 2020, 1117-9182R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.3.1117-9182R1
Caroline Hall
Caroline Hall is a researcher and associate professor at IFAU and Uppsala Center for Labour Studies (UCLS)
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Kaisa Kotakorpi
Kaisa Kotakorpi is a professor at Tampere University and VATT Institute for Economic Research.
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Linus Liljeberg
Linus Liljeberg is a research officer at IFAU.
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Jukka Pirttilä
Jukka Pirttilä is a professor at University of Helsinki, VATT Institute for Economic Research, and Helsinki GSE.
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Abstract

We study the dual role of active labor market policies: First, ALMP may perform a screening role by increasing job-search incentives, especially among individuals with good labor market prospects, already before program participation. Second, actual program participation may help individuals with poor labor market prospects. We examine whether this type of pattern can be found in individual responses to a nationwide youth activation program in Sweden using an RD-design. We find that individuals with a high predicted probability of finding work respond to the threat of activation, whereas there is no effect for individuals with weak labor market prospects.

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  • I10

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Caroline Hall, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Linus Liljeberg, Jukka Pirttilä
Journal of Human Resources Jun 2020, 1117-9182R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.3.1117-9182R1

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Screening through Activation? Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Program
Caroline Hall, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Linus Liljeberg, Jukka Pirttilä
Journal of Human Resources Jun 2020, 1117-9182R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.3.1117-9182R1
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