Implementation of a labor market program with more frequent meetings in Sweden

Anders Forslund (), Lisa Laun, Johan Vikström (), Johan Egebark, Magnus Rödin () and Maria Cheung
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Anders Forslund: IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Postal: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Johan Vikström: IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Postal: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Magnus Rödin: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish PES), Postal: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish public employment service)

No 2020:22, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: In 2015, the Swedish Public Employment Service (PES), together with the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), launched a large-scale randomized control trial to collect new evidence on direct and displacement effects of job search assistance (JSA). The JSA program introduced more frequent meetings between case workers and job seekers during the early phase of an unemployment spell, and involved three types of meetings: (1) individual face-to-face meetings, (2) individual distance meetings, and (3) group meetings. The purpose of this paper is to present details of the design of the experiment, as a background for the evaluation of the job search assistance program reported in a companion paper.

Keywords: counseling; job search; randomized experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 2020-12-04
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