Learning about job search: A field experiment with job seekers in Germany
| Autor: | Florian Zimmermann, Armin Falk, Simon Jäger, Steffen Altmann |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics, Sloan School of Management |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Earnings media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Sample (statistics) language.human_language German Treatment and control groups Seekers Intervention (counseling) 0502 economics and business Unemployment language Economics Demographic economics 050207 economics Finance Information provision 050205 econometrics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Prof. Jager via Nick Albaugh |
| Popis: | 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 strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to actively look for new employment. We study the causal impact of the brochure by comparing labor market outcomes of treated and untreated job seekers in administrative data containing comprehensive information on individuals' employment status and earnings. The effects of our treatment tend to be positive, but concentrated among job seekers who are at risk of being unemployed for an extended period of time. Specifically, treatment effects in our overall sample are moderately positive on average, but mostly insignificant. At the same time, we do observe pronounced and statistically significant effects for individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and earnings in the year after the intervention by roughly 4%. Given the low cost of the intervention, our findings indicate that targeted information provision can be a highly effective policy tool in the labor market. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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