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An adaptive targeted field experiment : job search assistance for refugees in Jordan
Caria, Stefano A.; Gordon, Grant; Kasy, Maximilian; … - 2020
experiment. We examine the impact of three interventions designed to improve formal employment outcomes of Syrian refugees and … local jobseekers in Jordan: one treatment to address liquidity constraints, one to address information frictions, and one to … of all treatments for refugees at the two-month follow-up, and suggestive evidence of four-month impacts for the cash …
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Learning about job search : a field experiment with job seekers in Germany
Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Jäger, Simon; … - 2015
We conduct a large-scale field experiment in the German labor market to investigate how information provision affects job seekers' employment prospects and labor market outcomes. Individuals assigned to the treatment group of our experiment received a brochure that informed them about job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518786
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Learning about job search : a field experiment with job seekers in Germany
Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Jäger, Simon; … - 2015
We conduct a large-scale field experiment in the German labor market to investigate how information provision affects job seekers' employment prospects and labor market outcomes. Individuals assigned to the treatment group of our experiment received a brochure that informed them about job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528810
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Job-search periods for welfare applicants : evidence from a randomized experiment
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Kete, Nadine; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2016
This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is put on hold and the applicant is obliged to make job applications. We combine a randomized experiment with detailed administrative data to investigate the effects of imposing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441683
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Job-search periods for welfare applicants : evidence from a randomized experiment
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Ketel, Nadine; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2016
This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is put on hold and the applicant is obliged to make job applications. We combine a randomized experiment with detailed administrative data to investigate the effects of imposing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453997
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Mandatory integration agreements for unemployed job seekers: a randomized controlled field experiment in Germany
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Stephan, Gesine - 2021
In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, jointly signed by the latter and the caseworker. IAs stipulate rights and obligations but are generally perceived as instruments to control search...
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Mandatory integration agreements for unemployed job seekers: a randomized controlled field experiment in Germany
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Stephan, Gesine - 2021
Integration Agreement (IA) are contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, nudging the latter to comply with rules on search behavior. We designed and implemented an RCT involving thousands of newly unemployed workers, randomizing at the individual level both the timing of the IA...
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Job search and hiring with two-sided limited information about workseekers' skills
Carranza Noguera, Eliana; Garlick, Robert; Orkin, Kate; … - 2020
We present field experimental evidence that limited information about workseekers’ skills distorts both firm and workseeker behavior. Assessing workseekers’ skills, giving workseekers their assessment results, and helping them to credibly share the results with firms increases workseekers’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243265
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Video resumes and job search outcomes: evidence from a field experiment
Bellemare, Charles; Goussé, Marion; Lacroix, Guy; … - 2020
We evaluate the efficiency of video resumes using a large scale field experiment. We randomly sent applications to 2021 private firms posting vacancies across the province of Québec (Canada). A subset of these applications included a link inviting firms to view a video resume. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286324
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Search costs and the determinants of job search
Beam, Emily A. - 2020
This paper examines how individuals select into job search in terms of their individual qualifications and perceptions and measures how recruiting additional applicants with a modest job-search subsidy affects selection. I use experimental evidence to examine individuals' decisions to attend and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296667