Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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971904 | Labour Economics | 2010 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
We estimate the effect of lowering income transfers to refugee immigrants in Denmark – labeled start-help – using a competing risk framework. Refugee immigrants obtaining residence permit before July 2002 received larger income transfers than those who obtained their residence permit later. Exploiting this ‘quasi-natural’ experiment, we find that the lower income transfer has a positive effect on the job-finding rate after two years in Denmark. We also find that the exit rate from the labour force is positively affected by start-help during the early phases of the integration process. Finally, we find that those with the poorest labour market prospects are the least responsive to the improvement in economic incentives.
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Authors
Michael Rosholm, Rune Vejlin,