Counseling and Monitoring of Unemployed Workers: Theory and Evidence from a Controlled Social Experiment

Gerard van den Berg and Bas van der Klaauw

No 374, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We theoretically analyze these policies in a job search model with two search channels and endogenous search effort. In the empirical analysis we use unique administrative and survey data concerning a social experiment with full randomization and compliance. The results show that counseling and monitoring do not affect the exit rate to work. Monitoring causes a shift from informal to formal job search. We combine our empirical results to the results from our theoretical analysis and the existing empirical literature, to establish a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of these policies.

Keywords: randomized social experiment; multi-tasking; Unemployment duration; search effort; active labor market policy; treatment; search channels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J58 J64 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57 pages
Date: 2001-10
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Published - published in: International Economic Review, 2006, 47 (3), 895-936

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Journal Article: COUNSELING AND MONITORING OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM A CONTROLLED SOCIAL EXPERIMENT (2006)
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