PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Caroline Hall
AU  - Kaisa Kotakorpi
AU  - Linus Liljeberg
AU  - Jukka Pirttilä
TI  - Screening through Activation? Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Program
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.57.3.1117-9182R1
DP  - 2022 May 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 1033--1077
VI  - 57
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/3/1033.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/3/1033.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2022 May 01; 57
AB  - We study the dual role of active labor market policies. First, active labor market programs (ALMPs) may perform a screening role by increasing job-search incentives already before program participation, especially among individuals with good labor market prospects. 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 a regression discontinuity (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.