We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assistcaseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour marketprogrammes for their unemployed clients. This statistical support system predicted the labourmarket outcome for each...

This paper examines whether contacts between caseworkers in public employment officesand employers impact on the reemployment chances of the unemployed they counsel. Thisanalysis is made possible through a large administrative dataset on unemployed combinedwith an extensive survey of...

Diese Doktorarbeit enthält vier Essays aus dem Bereich Arbeits- und Gesundheitsökonomie. Sie untersuchen alle Auswirkungen von psychologischen Faktoren und Verhalten. Sie haben das Ziel, kausale Beziehungen zu schätzen. Der erste Essay untersucht die Auswirkung von nicht-kognitiven...