The long-run effects of unemployment monitoring and work-search programs: Experimental evidence from the United Kingdom

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dolton, P; O'Neill, D
• 署名单位: University of Newcastle; Maynooth University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/338686
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 381-403
• 关键词: insurance; IMPACT; time

摘要

This article examines the long-run effects of the Restart unemployment program in the United Kingdom. The program, aimed at the long-term unemployed, involved a combination of tighter monitoring of benefit eligibility rules and increased job search assistance. We compare the employment behavior of a treatment group who participated in the scheme with that of a randomly chosen control group for whom participation was delayed. While there is little evidence of a long-term benefit for women, the unemployment rate among males in the treatment group was six percentage points lower than that of the control group 5 years after the initial experiment.