Assisting the long-term unemployed: results from a randomized trial [Working Paper]
Breunig, Robert; Cobb Clark, Deborah A; Dunlop, Yvonne; Terrill, Marion
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Welfare reform in Australia centres on the concept of both economic and social participation. The policy concern is that people who fail to participate in economic and social life may become entrenched in disadvantage. In 2000 - 2001, a randomized trial was conducted by the Department of Family and Community Services in order to assess whether an intensive interview with successive follow-ups would result in increased economic and social participation for unemployed individuals who had been on...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Breunig, Robert | |
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dc.contributor.author | Cobb Clark, Deborah A | |
dc.contributor.author | Dunlop, Yvonne | |
dc.contributor.author | Terrill, Marion | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2003-08-26 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2004-05-19T18:18:29Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-05T08:50:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2004-05-19T18:18:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-05T08:50:54Z | |
dc.date.created | 2002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41793 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/41793 | |
dc.description.abstract | Welfare reform in Australia centres on the concept of both economic and social participation. The policy concern is that people who fail to participate in economic and social life may become entrenched in disadvantage. In 2000 - 2001, a randomized trial was conducted by the Department of Family and Community Services in order to assess whether an intensive interview with successive follow-ups would result in increased economic and social participation for unemployed individuals who had been on income support for more than five years. We find evidence that participation in the trial led to a reduction in average weekly hours of work, but increased the amount of hours spent in study or training programs and the proportion of individuals engaged in such programs. We also find evidence of increased social integration associated with participation in the trial. | |
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dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.subject | Australian income-support system | |
dc.subject | long term unemployed | |
dc.subject | estimation strategy | |
dc.subject | randomization | |
dc.subject | dropout | |
dc.subject | interview technique | |
dc.subject | welfare reform | |
dc.subject | economic and social participation | |
dc.title | Assisting the long-term unemployed: results from a randomized trial [Working Paper] | |
dc.type | Working/Technical Paper | |
local.description.refereed | no | |
local.identifier.citationmonth | sep | |
local.identifier.citationyear | 2002 | |
local.identifier.eprintid | 1904 | |
local.rights.ispublished | no | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Economics Program, RSSS | |
local.citation | Working paper | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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