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022 _a0034-6535
100 _a Jonassen, Anders B.
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100 _a2024
100 _aBargain, Olivier B.
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245 0 _aNew Evidence on Welfare's Disincentive for the Youth Using Administrative Panel Data
260 _bThe Review of Economics and Statistics
260 _c2024
300 _a655-670
520 _aWe estimate the impact of social assistance on youth employment in Denmark, 2000 to 2006. For childless unmarried individuals, maximum welfare payments increased by 55% at age 25. Using administrative panel data, we find a significant disincentive effect among the low-skilled only, for whom employment fell by 2% to 3% and benefit take-up increased by 10% to 14%. Two-thirds of the effect is attributable to transitions from work to welfare and one-third to reduced labor market entry. Heterogeneous estimates along the earnings distribution show that employment responses are concentrated at very low earnings. We find no evidence of an age discontinuity in criminal activities.
650 _a Administrative Panel Data
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650 _a Childless Unmarried Individuals
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650 _a Welfare's Disincentive
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650 _a Youth Employment in Denmark
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650 _aEmployment
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01191
999 _c133714
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