Activation and social insurance
Number | 1181 |
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Project manager | Knut Røed |
Client | Norges forskningsråd |
Client project no. | 185201 |
Participants | Bernt Bratsberg Nina Skrove Falch Elisabeth Fevang Simen Gaure Anna Aasen Godøy Oddbjørn Raaum Tao Zhang |
Period | 2010 - 2011 (ended) |
Project description
The aim of the project is to generate new knowledge about how key welfare policy tools affect the short- and long-term labor force participation of individuals. The central research question is whether a stricter activity focus of welfare policy enhances employability and long-term self sufficiency, thus reducing outflows to passive welfare programs and social assistance, and mitigating the problems of labor market exclusion. The main idea underlying the project is to exploit the many reforms that have taken place – and will take place over the next few years – to identify the effects of institutional characteristics of the welfare state. The empirical foundation of the project consists of individual data from merged administrative registers, with detailed monthly information on the labor market status (work, education, participation in various welfare programs, etc.) for the full Norwegian population. The empirical approach is quasi experimental, building on state-of-the-art methods within multinomial event analysis (duration analysis with competing risks). The project will also contribute to further development of this scientific method.Publications
Scientific Journal
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Fevang, Elisabeth, Ines Hardoy og Knut Røed | Temporary Disability and Economic Incentives | 2017 | Economic Journal Vol 127(603), 1410-1432 | [PDF] [DOI] |
Gaure, Simen, Knut Røed and Lars Westlie | Job Search Incentives and Job Match Quality | 2012 | Labour Economics Vol 19, 438-450 | [PDF] [DOI] |
Markussen, Simen, Arnstein Mykletun, Knut Røed | The Case for Presenteeism - Evidence from Norway’s Sickness Insurance Program | 2012 | Journal of Public Economics Vol 96(11-12), 959-972 | [PDF] [DOI] |
Røed, Knut og Lars Westlie | Unemployment Insurance in Welfare States: The Impacts of Soft Duration Constraints | 2012 | Journal of the European Economic Association Vol. 10 (3), 518-554 | [PDF] |
Book chapter
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Bratsberg, Bernt, and Oddbjørn Raaum | The Labour Market Outcomes of Naturalised Citizens in Norway | 2011 | [PDF] |
Other journals
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Bratsberg, Bernt, and Knut Røed | Kan demografi forklare veksten i uførhet? | 2011 | Søkelys på arbeidslivet 28(1), 3-21 | [PDF] |
Røed, Knut | Fra inntektssikring til deltakelsessikring? | 2011 | Samfunnsøkonomen nr 6, 4-10 | [PDF] |
Other publications
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Fevang, Elisabeth, Inés Hardoy, og Knut Røed | Getting Disabled Workers Back to Work: How Important Are Economic Incentives? | 2013 | IZA Discussion Paper no 7137 | [PDF] |
Røed, Knut | Active Unemployment Insurance | 2012 | IZA Policy Paper no 41 | [PDF] |
Markussen, Simen, Arnstein Mykletun and Knut Røed | The Case for Presenteeism | 2010 | IZA DP No. 5343 | [PDF] |