Counseling and monitoring of unemployed workers: Theory and evidence from a controlled social experiment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Van den Berg, Gerard J.; Van der Klaauw, Bas
• 署名单位: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2006.00399.x
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 895-936
• 关键词: transition rate; job; duration; requirements; SANCTIONS; PROGRAMS; outcomes; restart

摘要

We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We theoretically analyze these policies in a job search model with two search channels and endogenous search effort. In the empirical analysis we use unique administrative and survey data concerning a social experiment with full randomization and compliance. The results do not provide evidence that counseling and monitoring affect the exit rate to work. Monitoring causes a shift from informal to formal job search. We combine our empirical results with the results from our theoretical analysis and the existing empirical literature, to establish a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of these policies.