From January 2000 it is possible to have a period of traineeship with unemployment insurance. The idea is that the employer can judge if he or she wants to employ the person. There has also been given better sources to start experiments increasing flexibility on the labour market. Thereby the social activation policy has a successful effect. More unemployed get into work some even before the activation offers are given.
Activation has a qualifying effect.
The possibility of getting a job after a period of activation is increased. A problem of the activation policy is, that if the activation begins early in the unemployment period there is a risk of keeping people in activation instead of ordinary work. The economic resources which have been used on an active labour market policy have bettered the public finances in the long run. The amount of people in the marginal group has diminished by one half since 1993. The results of Danish active labour market policies in the 1990s has been much better that one could expect and the ability to change the systems in accordance with the changes in the target group of the policies has been remarkable good.