We examine the effects of an experimental job-counseling program targeting Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients in Nevada both in the context of the Great Recession and a strongeconomy. The program reduced UI duration and improved participant employment and earnings in both periods. Effects...

This paper uses administrative tax data to examine the long-term effects of an experimental job-search assistance program operating in Nevada in 2009. The program required randomly-selected unemployed workers who had just started collecting unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to undergo an...

This paper uses administrative tax data to examine the long-term effects of an experimental job-search assistance program operating in Nevada in 2009. The program required randomly-selected unemployed workers who had just started collecting unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to undergo an...