PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mattias Fogelgren AU - Petra Ornstein AU - Magnus Rödin AU - Peter Skogman Thoursie TI - Is Supported Employment Effective for Young Adults with Disability Pension? AID - 10.3368/jhr.58.4.0319-10105R2 DP - 2021 Feb 10 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 0319-10105R2 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/02/03/jhr.58.4.0319-10105R2.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/02/03/jhr.58.4.0319-10105R2.full AB - This paper reports results from a large-scale randomized experiment evaluating whether a supported employment rehabilitation intervention strategy can improve labor market opportunities for young adults on disability pension better than regular vocational rehabilitation. The supported employment intervention utilizes a caseworker as back-up for the individual during training to reduce employers’ risks when hiring an individual with unclear productivity. In total, 1,062 individuals were randomly assigned between interventions. The main results show that 18 months after the start of the project, participants with supported employment have work rates that are approximately 10 percentage points higher than participants who received regular rehabilitation.