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Learning about Job Search: A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany

Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Jäger, Simon; … - 2015

received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …

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Benefit Duration, Job Search Behavior and Re-Employment

Lichter, Andreas - 2020

This paper studies how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects individuals' job search behavior and re …-employment outcomes. We exploit an unexpected reform of the German unemployment insurance scheme in 2008, which increased the potential … over the first two months of unemployment. Treatment effects on the reservation wage are positive but statistically …

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Benefit Duration, Job Search Behavior and Re-Employment

Lichter, Andreas; Schiprowski, Amelie - 2020

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How Wage Announcements Affect Job Search - A Field Experiment

Belot, Michèle - 2019

We study how job seekers respond to wage announcements by assigning wages randomly to pairs of otherwise similar vacancies in a large number of professions. High wage vacancies attract more interest, in contrast with much of the evidence based on observational data. Some applicants only show...

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Feedback, Confidence and Job Search Behavior

Tekleselassie, Tsegay; Witte, Marc; Radbruch, Jonas; … - 2025

We conduct a field experiment with job seekers to investigate how feedback influences job search and labor market outcomes. Job seekers who receive feedback on their ability compared to other job seekers update their beliefs and increase their search effort. Specifically, initially...

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How Effective are Hiring Subsidies to Reduce Long-Term Unemployment Among Prime-Aged Jobseekers? Evidence from Belgium

Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021

Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a...

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How Broadband Internet Affects Labor Market Matching

Bhuller, Manudeep; Kostol, Andreas R.; Vigtel, Trond C. - 2019

unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth. …

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Discrimination on the Child Care Market: A Nationwide Field Experiment

Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2023

We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...

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When Nudges Aren't Enough: Incentives and Habit Formation in Public Transport Usage

Gravert, Christina; Olsson Collentine, Linus - 2020

In three large-scale field experiments with over 32,500 individuals, we investigate whether public transport uptake can be influenced by behavioral interventions and by economic incentives. Despite their effectiveness in other domains, we find a tightly estimated zero for social norms and...

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Can Job Search Assistance Improve the Labour Market Integration for Refugees? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Battisti, Michele - 2019

We conducted a field experiment to evaluate the impact of job-search assistance on the employment of recently arrived refugees in Germany. The treatment group received job-matching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the refugees' CVs to employers. Results of follow-up phone...

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