@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8245,
            	author={Markussen, Simen and Røed, Knut},
            	title={Leaving Poverty Behind? The Effects of Generous Income Support Paired with Activation},
            	year={2014},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={8245},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8245},
	abstract={We evaluate a comprehensive activation program in Norway targeted at hard-to-employ social assistance claimants with reduced work capacity. The program offers a combination of tailored rehabilitation, training and job practice, and a generous, stable, and non-means-tested benefit. Its main aims are to mitigate poverty and subsequently promote self-supporting employment. Our evaluation strategy exploits a geographically staggered program introduction, and the causal effects are identified on the basis of changes in employment prospects that coincide with local program implementation in a way that correlates with the predicted probability of becoming a participant. We find that the program raised employment prospects considerably.},
	keywords={treatment effects;social insurance;vocational rehabilitation;poverty;program evaluation},
            }