Employment effects of active labor market programs for sick-listed workers
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Employment effects of active labor market programs for sick-listed workers. / Holm, Anders; Høgelund, Jan; Gørtz, Mette; Storck Rasmussen, Kristin; Sofie Bøje Houlberg, Helle.
In: Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 52, 03.2017, p. 33-44.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Employment effects of active labor market programs for sick-listed workers
AU - Holm, Anders
AU - Høgelund, Jan
AU - Gørtz, Mette
AU - Storck Rasmussen, Kristin
AU - Sofie Bøje Houlberg, Helle
PY - 2017/3
Y1 - 2017/3
N2 - We use register data of 88,948 sick-listed workers in Denmark over the period 2008–2011 to investigate the effect of active labor market programs on the duration until returning to non-subsidized employment and the duration of this employment. To identify causal treatment effects, we exploit over-time variation in the use of active labor market programs in 98 job centers and time-to- event. We find that ordinary education and subsidized job training have significant positive employment effects. Subsidized job training has a large, positive effect on the transition into employment but no effect on the subsequent employment duration. In contrast, ordinary education has a positive effect on employment duration but no effect on the transition into employment. The latter effect is the result of two opposing effects, a large positive effect of having completed education and a large negative lock-in effect, with low re-employment chances during program participation.
AB - We use register data of 88,948 sick-listed workers in Denmark over the period 2008–2011 to investigate the effect of active labor market programs on the duration until returning to non-subsidized employment and the duration of this employment. To identify causal treatment effects, we exploit over-time variation in the use of active labor market programs in 98 job centers and time-to- event. We find that ordinary education and subsidized job training have significant positive employment effects. Subsidized job training has a large, positive effect on the transition into employment but no effect on the subsequent employment duration. In contrast, ordinary education has a positive effect on employment duration but no effect on the transition into employment. The latter effect is the result of two opposing effects, a large positive effect of having completed education and a large negative lock-in effect, with low re-employment chances during program participation.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Active labor market programs
KW - Effect evaluation
KW - Employment
KW - Hazard rate model
KW - Sick leave
KW - Return to work
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.01.006
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28182999
VL - 52
SP - 33
EP - 44
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
SN - 0167-6296
ER -
ID: 172480601