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  - 2023 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 452--487
VI  - 58
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/2/452.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/2/452.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2023 Mar 01; 58
AB  - We report 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 backup 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 ten percentage points higher than participants who received regular rehabilitation.