Reports in English
Four reports written in Danish for Danish readers, summarised here for everyone else.
Completing a vocational education: two effect studies
Gennemførelse af en Erhvervsuddannelse: To Effektmålinger
The grade requirement introduced in 2015 cut enrolment in vocational education by 14 percentage points and completion by 6 points among pupils just below the threshold, and left them earning 10,000 kr less in the sixth year after lower secondary school. For adults who qualify later, the effects on pay and employment lean positive but are hard to pin down.
The budget consequences of MOVE, a follow-up
Økonomiske Konsekvenser af MOVE: Opfølgning
MOVE combines motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy and contingency management for young people in drug treatment, and was trialled in Denmark by lottery between 2014 and 2018. Following participants in the registers for five years against a matched control group, it returns about 27,000 kr per person to public budgets, against a programme cost of about 9,000 kr.
The effect of assistive technology on pupils' reading: a field experiment in Horsens
Effekten af IT-Støtte på Elevers Læsefærdigheder: Et Felteksperiment i Horsens Kommune
Over three years, pupils in years 4 to 6 were offered text-to-speech software. Reading comprehension rose about 7.5 points, with a wide interval, and the gain was largest for weak and middle readers. It held up when pupils were tested without the software, so the technology does more than compensate for the difficulty.
Deferred state pension: does it raise labour supply?
Opsat Pension: Øger den Arbejdsudbuddet?
From 2004 Danes could put off the state pension in exchange for a higher rate later. Take-up was concentrated among men, homeowners and the highly educated, the effect on labour supply was small, and the simultaneous cut in the pension age from 67 to 65 offset it. Those who deferred worked close to full time and cited satisfaction with the job above the financial terms.