Incentivizing last-resort social assistance clients : Evidence from a Finnish policy experiment
Incentivizing last-resort social assistance clients : Evidence from a Finnish policy experiment
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In 2002, the Finnish government introduced an earnings disregard experiment aimed at improving the incentives of low-income individuals who receive last-resort social assistance. The aim of the experiment was to reduce unemployment by providing social assistance clients better incentives to receive at least temporary or part-time work. This paper evaluates the employment effects of the experiment as an event study using coarsened exact matching (CEM) and difference-in-differences. On average, the results show no employment effects, but there is some evidence on positive employment effects on women.
Tallennettuna:
Ulkoasu |
22 |
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Kieli |
englanti |
Sarja | Tampere Economic Working Papers, 132 |
ISBN |
978-952-03-2181-9 |
ISSN |
1458-1191 |