Counseling and monitoring of unemployed workers: theory and evidence from a controlled social experiment

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We investigate the effect of conseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We theoretically analyze these policies in a job search model with two search channels and endogenous search effort. In the empirical analysis we use unique administrative and survey data concerning a social experiment with full randomization and compliance. The results show that counseling and monitoring do not affect the exit rate to work. Monitoring causes a shift from informal to formal job search. We combine our empirical results to the results from our theoretical analysis and the existing empirical literature, to establish a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of these policies.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2001:12

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
• Subject: unemployment duration ; search effort ; active labor market policy ; treatment ; search channels ; multi-tasking ; randomized social experiment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): van den Bergh, Gerhard ; van deer Klaauw, Bas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/82204
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