To meet or not to meet (your case worker): That is the question

Arbeitspapier

We investigate the effects of meetings between the unemployed and their case workers on the transition rate from unemployment to employment using detailed Danish event history data obtained from administrative registers. We find large positive effects of meetings. The transition rate strongly increases in the week the meeting is held, and this effect persists for some weeks after the meeting. The effect size tends to increase with the number of meetings. The effect of the first meeting on the transition rate to work does not depend on the timing of the meeting.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6476

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
• Subject: unemployment ; active labor market policy ; unemployment duration ; treatment effects ; meetings ; job search assistance ; case worker ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Dauer ; Arbeitsvermittlung ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Berufliche Integration ; Dänemark

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): van den Berg, Gerard J. ; Kjaersgaard, Lene ; Rosholm, Michael
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58557
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2012080812137
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET