This study uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate effects of an employment bonus program for long-term unemployed social assistance recipients. The program pays benefit bonuses to persons in the target group for any hours they work in regular employment or subsidized employment schemes. The program pays up to 6 % of post-tax earnings if they enter regular or subsidized employment over a specific two-year period. Our results show that the program has no effects on employment rates, earnings or participation in subsidized employment. The null findings are robust when using RD estimates based on different bandwidths and different window widths around the eligibility threshold and hold for given gender, age, ethnicity and parental status.

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就业奖金对长期社会援助受助人的影响

本研究使用回归不连续性设计来估计就业奖金计划对长期失业社会援助接受者的影响。该计划向目标群体中的人在正常就业或补贴就业计划中工作的任何时间支付福利奖金。如果他们在特定的两年期间进入正规或补贴就业，该计划最多支付税后收入的 6%。我们的结果表明，该计划对就业率、收入或参与补贴就业没有影响。当使用基于不同带宽和围绕资格阈值的不同窗口宽度的 RD 估计时，零结果是可靠的，并适用于给定的性别、年龄、种族和父母身份。