Do the Long-term Unemployed Benefit from Automated Occupational Advice during Online Job Search?

Michèle Belot, Philipp Kircher and Paul Muller

The Economic Journal, 2026, vol. 136, issue 673, 184-206

Abstract: In a randomised field experiment, we provide suggestions about suitable occupations to long-term unemployed job seekers. The suggestions are automatically generated, integrated in an online job search platform and fed into actual search queries. Effects on ‘reaching a cumulative earnings threshold’ and ‘finding a stable job’ are positive, large and are more pronounced for those who are longer unemployed. Treated individuals include more occupations in their search and find more jobs in recommended occupations.

Date: 2026
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