Self-regulation training, labor market reintegration of unemployed individuals, and Locus of Control evidence from a natural field experiment
Eva M. Berger, Guenther Koenig, Henning Mueller, Felix Schmidt, Daniel Schunk
Recent evidence suggests that self-regulation plays an important role for labor market success. We conducted a randomized natural field experiment embedded in an existing labor market reactivation program to examine the effect of a self-regulation training on long-term unemployed individuals. First, we find a positive treatment effect on the quality of submitted CVs. Second, there is no overall treatment effect on (short-term) labor market reintegration, but heterogeneous effects with respect to participants' Locus of Control that are consistent with psychological theory. The low costs of our intervention suggest high individual and social rates of return from a roll-out to other programs.
Year of publication: |
December 2016
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Authors: | Berger, Eva M. ; Koenig, Guenther ; Mueller, Henning ; Schmidt, Felix ; Schunk, Daniel |
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Munich : CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute |
Subject: | active labor market policy | natural field experiment | Germany | labor market reintegration | unemployment | reemployment | self-regulation | locus of control | non-cognitive skills | Deutschland | Arbeitsmarktpolitik | Labour market policy | Arbeitslosigkeit | Unemployment | Feldforschung | Field research | Experiment | Persönlichkeitspsychologie | Personality psychology | Arbeitsmarktintegration | Labour market integration |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 35 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. no. 6246 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/149333 [Handle] |
Classification: | C93 - Field Experiments ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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