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Preventing NEETs during the Great Recession: the effects of mandatory activation programs for young welfare recipients

Emile Cammeraat (), Egbert Jongen () and Pierre Koning
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Emile Cammeraat: Leiden University
Egbert Jongen: Leiden University

Empirical Economics, 2022, vol. 62, issue 2, No 17, 749-777

Abstract: Abstract We study the impact of mandatory activation programs for young welfare recipients in the Netherlands. What makes this reform unique is that it clashed head on with the Great Recession. We use differences-in-differences and data for the period 1999–2012 to estimate the effects of this reform. We find that the reform reduced the number of welfare recipients but had no effect on the number of NEETs (individuals not in employment, education or training). The absence of employment effects contrasts with previous studies on the impact of mandatory activation programs, which we argue is due to the reform taking place during a severe economic recession.

Keywords: NEETs; Mandatory activation programs; Differences-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 H31 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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