Do welfare-to-work initiatives work? Evidence from an activation programme targeted at social assistance recipients in Norway

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-77

  Rønsen, Marit ^a   Skarohamar, Torbjørn ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active labour market programmes; Programme evaluation; Propensity score matching; Service sector collaboration; Social assistance recipients

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58249143398     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928708098524     Document Type: Article

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