Showing 1 - 10 of 34,155
We study how online job search advice affects the job search strategies and labor market outcomes of unemployed workers. In a large-scale field experiment, we provide job seekers with vacancy information and occupational recommendations through an online dashboard. A clustered randomization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471980
individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are … evidence for an unemployment stigma determined by the contract type. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863974
Caseworker meetings have been shown to accelerate exit from unemployment. We explore whether they are also effectual … before entering unemployment. In a natural field experiment, we offer caseworker meetings to workers at risk of losing their … meeting forward but has no effect on entry into unemployment or on labour market outcomes within one year. The intervention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514655
received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518786
received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528810
. The data are from a randomized experiment conducted in the Netherlands. They include registers of post-unemployment … monitoring effects on post-unemployment outcomes. We find that the option to climb the job ladder reduces substitution between … search channels during unemployment and compensates for adverse long-run effects of monitoring on wages. We use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212978
This field experiment explores whether single and married female job candidates' un/employment histories differentially …' discrimination against, and/or preference for, candidates who are un/employed vary with the duration of unemployment spells. Resumes …. Candidates' experiences of unemployment and declaration of marital status are carefully controlled. Over 7000 applications are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011803250
In many countries unemployed people are helped to become self-employed. Self-employment, however, does not necessarily lead to success. Many leave self-employment after a short period and the economic outcome varies greatly. It is important to learn more about the economic outcome for unemployed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779109
We study how the transparency of welfare systems affects labor market outcomes of unemployed workers in a large-scale field experiment. Our low-cost information intervention uses a personalized online tool that informs benefit recipients about their personal risk of a benefit reduction when not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083972
lose employment faster, especially once eligible for new unemployment benefits. Job seekers assigned to JSA have similar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903033