The effects of UI caseworkers on job search effort

Arbeitspapier

We combine a high-frequency survey on job search effort with administrative data on caseworker interactions from the German unemployment insurance system to estimate how the dynamics of search effort respond to caseworker meetings and vacancy referrals. Meetings alone do not increase individuals' time on search beyond a mechanical meetingday effect; however, we find suggestive evidence that they do when combined with a formal contract on job search obligations. Referrals lead to a modest increase in effort over the three weeks following the event. Our findings leave room for caseworkers affecting employment outcomes through other channels, e.g. by altering search effectiveness.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ECONtribute Discussion Paper ; No. 273

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings ; Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
• Subject: Unemployment Insurance ; Caseworkers ; Job Search

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schiprowski, Amelie ; Schmidtke, Julia ; Schmieder, Johannes ; Trenkle, Simon
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
• (where): Bonn and Cologne
• (when): 2024

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/283315
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET