Do Reemployment Programs for the Unemployed Work for Youth? Evidence from the Great Recession in the United States

Marios Michaelides (), Peter Mueser and Jeffrey Smith

No 13324, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients during the Great Recession. The three programs that emphasized monitoring and service referrals reduced UI receipt but had minimal effects on employment and earnings; these programs mainly induced the early exit of participants. The fourth program, which combined mandatory job counseling with monitoring, caused the largest reductions in UI receipt and clearly increased employment and earnings. Both early participant exits and effective job counseling underlie these impacts. We conclude that policymakers should require job counseling for youth UI recipients during recessions.

Keywords: unemployment; active labor market policies; job counseling; WPRS; REA; Great Recession; youth; Unemployment Insurance; program evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H4 J6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 71 pages
Date: 2020-06
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Published - published in: Economic Inquiry, 2021, 59 (1), 162-185

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