Scientific article 3. AUG 2009
The effect of integration policies on the time until regular employment of newly arrived immigrants
Authors:
- Jens Clausen
- Hans Hummelgaard
- Leif Husted
- Michael Rosholm
- Eskil Heinesen
Labour Market
Management and implementation
The Social Sector
Daycare, school and education
Labour Market, Management and implementation, The Social Sector, Daycare, school and education
We analyse the effect of active labour-market programmes on the hazard rate into regular employment for newly arrived immigrants using the timing-of-events duration model. We take account of language course participation and progression in destination country language skills. We use rich administrative data from Denmark. We find substantial lock-in effects of participation in active labour-market programmes. Post programme effects on the hazard rate to regular employment are significantly positive for wage subsidy programmes, but not for other types of programmes. For language course participants, improvement in language proficiency has significant and substantial positive effects on the hazard rate to employment.
Authors
- Jens ClausenHans HummelgaardLeif HustedMichael RosholmEskil Heinesen
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Labour Economics