TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lalive, Rafael
AU  - Ours, Jan C. van
AU  - Zweimüller, Josef
        TI  - The Impact of Active Labor Market Programs and Benefit Entitlement Rules on the Duration of Unemployment
        PY  - 2000/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 149
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp149
        AB  - Swiss policy makers created a unique link between unemployment benefits and Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we allow for selectivity affecting the inflow into programs. Our results indicate that (i) After ALMP-participation the transition rate to jobs increases for Swiss women but not for Swiss men. However, the job hazard rate is strongly reduced during participation. Taken together, this leads to the conclusion that programs prolong unemployment duration for men, but tend to shorten durations for women. (ii) Once the unemployment spell approaches the expiration of unconditional benefit entitlement the job-hazard rate increases strongly, both for women and for men. (iii) There are important selectivity effects for Swiss females, but not for Swiss males.
        KW  - bivariate duration model
KW  - Active labor market policy
KW  - benefit entitlement
KW  - treatment effect
        ER  -