TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dahlberg, Matz
AU  - Johansson, Kajsa
AU  - Mörk, Eva
        TI  - On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients
        PY  - 2009/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3947
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3947
        AB  - This paper investigates whether mandatory activation programs for welfare recipients have effects on welfare participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies, we are able to capture both entry and exit effects. The empirical analysis makes use of a Swedish welfare reform in which the city districts in Stockholm gradually implemented mandatory activation programs for individuals on welfare. Overall, we find that mandatory activation of welfare recipients reduces overall welfare participation and increases employment. We also find that mandatory activation programs appear to work best for young people and for people born in non-Western countries.
        KW  - welfare reform
KW  - mandatory activation programs
KW  - welfare participation
KW  - employment
KW  - difference-in-differences
        ER  -