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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 jobs while they are still employed. We find that the...
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In a randomized field experiment, we provide personalized suggestions about suitable alternative occupations to long-term unemployed job seekers in the UK. The suggestions are automatically generated, integrated in an online job search platform, and fed into actual search queries. Effects on the...
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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...
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and registry data on Syrian refugees living in Jordan and Lebanon to assess their poverty and vulnerability status …, understand the predictors of these statuses, evaluate the performance of existing policies toward refugees, and determine the … extremely high among refugees. Current policies including cash transfers and food vouchers are effective in reducing poverty but …
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the steep influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan on the country's labor market since the onset of the conflict in Syria …, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey), according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Jordan and Lebanon are … participation, the number of refugees, and economic activity at the level of governorates. The Vector Autoregressive (VAR …
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