TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Arendt, Jacob Nielsen
AU  - Bolvig, Iben
        TI  - Stepping Stone or Exit Path: Experimental Evidence on Training the Long-Term Unemployed
        PY  - 2026/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18618
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18618
        AB  - This study estimates the effects of an employment programme for disadvantaged unemployed individuals. The programme emphasized on-the-job training and contracting the unemployed for a few paid work hours as a stepping stone into the labour market. Evaluated through a randomised controlled trial, the programme was found to accelerate transitions into part-time work. Contrary to its intention, it permanently increased the share of participants receiving disability pensions among the most disadvantaged groups. To explain this finding, we suggest that training, while enhancing productivity for some, simultaneously provided information of employability used in the assessment of disability pension eligibility.
        KW  - unemployed
KW  - active labour market policy
KW  - disability pension
KW  - immigration
        ER  -