TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Maibom, Jonas
AU  - Rosholm, Michael
AU  - Svarer, Michael
        TI  - Can Active Labour Market Policies Combat Youth Unemployment?
        PY  - 2014/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7912
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7912
        AB  - Active labour market policies (ALMPs) may play an important role in preventing an increase in long-term unemployment following the Great Recession. We consider this issue for Denmark, a country relying extensively on this instrument. We present evidence on the effectiveness of ALMPs as a way of fighting youth unemployment using results from a randomised controlled trial (RCT) that intensified the use of ALMPs. The intervention was conducted after the onset of the financial crisis, and the findings are relatively unfavourable in the sense that further intensification of an already quite intensive effort for youth did not increase employment. In addition, the intensification of ALMPs seems to have in-creased transitions into sickness benefits.
        KW  - random controlled experiments
KW  - activation
KW  - youth unemployment
        ER  -