an article by Ruben L. Bach (University of Mannheim, Germany) and Stephanie Eckman (RTI International,Washington DC, USA) Journal of Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) Volume 182 Issue 1 (January 2019)
Summary
Panel survey participation can bring about unintended changes in respondents’ behaviour and/or their reporting of behaviour.
Using administrative data linked to a large panel survey, we analyse whether the survey brings about changes in respondents’ labour market behaviour. We estimate the causal effect of panel participation on the take‐up of federal labour market programmes by using instrumental variables.
Results show that panel survey participation leads to an increase in respondents’ take‐up of these measures. These results suggest that panel survey participation not only affects the reporting of behaviour, as previous studies have demonstrated, but can also alter respondents’ actual behaviour.
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Monday, 28 January 2019
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
The impacts of vocational rehabilitation
an article by Simen Markussen and Knut Røed (The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Norway) published in Labour Economics Volume 31 (December 2014)
Abstract
Based on local variations in vocational rehabilitation (VR) priorities, we examine the impacts of alternative VR programs on short- and long-term labor market outcomes for temporary disability insurance (TDI) claimants in Norway.
The analysis builds on rich and detailed administrative registers covering 345,000 claimants.
We find that a strategy focusing on rapid placement in the regular labor market is superior to alternative strategies giving higher priority to vocational training or sheltered employment. Strategies prioritizing subsidized regular education also tend to be relatively successful in terms of final outcomes, but at the cost of protracted periods of benefit dependency first.
JEL classification C21; C26; H55; I38; J24
Hazel’s comment:
Interesting to note that placing people into sheltered employment is counter-productive to their possibilities of entering the regular labour market.
This conclusion is, however, based on a sample of people with a temporary disability.
Abstract
Based on local variations in vocational rehabilitation (VR) priorities, we examine the impacts of alternative VR programs on short- and long-term labor market outcomes for temporary disability insurance (TDI) claimants in Norway.
The analysis builds on rich and detailed administrative registers covering 345,000 claimants.
We find that a strategy focusing on rapid placement in the regular labor market is superior to alternative strategies giving higher priority to vocational training or sheltered employment. Strategies prioritizing subsidized regular education also tend to be relatively successful in terms of final outcomes, but at the cost of protracted periods of benefit dependency first.
JEL classification C21; C26; H55; I38; J24
Hazel’s comment:
Interesting to note that placing people into sheltered employment is counter-productive to their possibilities of entering the regular labour market.
This conclusion is, however, based on a sample of people with a temporary disability.
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
The effect of temporary in-work support on employment retention: Evidence from a field experiment
an article by Richard Dorsett (National Institute of Economic and Social Research) published in Labour Economics Volume 31 (December 2014,)
Abstract
A recent experimental programme for unemployed welfare recipients in the UK found that temporary earnings supplements combined with post-employment services led to a sustained rise in employment.
This paper examines whether this was due to increases in employment entry or to reductions in employment exit. Using a hazard rate model, we find a significant effect on initial employment entry but not on subsequent transitions.
The results also show that the length of a completed unemployment spell has a negative effect on the hazard of exit from the next unemployment spell. While the direct effect of the programme is to shorten the initial unemployment spell, an indirect effect arises due to this lagged duration dependence.
JEL codes: C31, C41, J64, J68
Abstract
A recent experimental programme for unemployed welfare recipients in the UK found that temporary earnings supplements combined with post-employment services led to a sustained rise in employment.
This paper examines whether this was due to increases in employment entry or to reductions in employment exit. Using a hazard rate model, we find a significant effect on initial employment entry but not on subsequent transitions.
The results also show that the length of a completed unemployment spell has a negative effect on the hazard of exit from the next unemployment spell. While the direct effect of the programme is to shorten the initial unemployment spell, an indirect effect arises due to this lagged duration dependence.
JEL codes: C31, C41, J64, J68
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