The Success of Job Applications : A New Approach to Program Evaluation

Arbeitspapier

In this paper, we suggest a novel approach to program evaluation that allows identification of the causal effect of a training program on the likelihood of being invited to a job interview under weak assumptions. The idea is to measure the program-effects by pre- and posttreatment data that are very close in time for the same individual. Our approach provides useful information on both, average effects of the program as well as information on potential differences in the effects of the program by type of vacancy or by individual.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1100

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Field Experiments
• Subject: evaluation ; active labour market program ; correspondence testing ; field experiments ; Projektbewertung ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Arbeitsuche ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Falk, Armin ; Lalive, Rafael ; Zweimüller, Josef
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20335
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET