TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Graversen, Brian Krogh
AU  - Ours, Jan C. van
        TI  - How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations: The Effects of Distance
        PY  - 2009/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4079
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4079
        AB  - In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more quickly. We show that the activation effect increases with the distance between the place of residence of the unemployed worker and the place where the activation took place. We also find that the quality of the post-unemployment jobs was not affected by the activation program. Both findings confirm that activation programs mainly work because they are compulsory and unemployed don't like them.
        KW  - experiment
KW  - unemployment duration
KW  - unemployment insurance
KW  - activation programs
        ER  -