Providing Advice to Jobseekers at Low Cost: An Experimental Study on Online Advice

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Belot, Michele; Kircher, Philipp; Muller, Paul
• 署名单位: European University Institute; University of Edinburgh; University of Gothenburg
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6527
• DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdy059
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1411-1447
• 关键词: job search; benefit sanctions; unemployment; seekers; wage

摘要

We develop and evaluate experimentally a novel tool that redesigns the job search process by providing tailored advice at lowcost. We invited jobseekers to our computer facilities for twelve consecutive weekly sessions to search for real jobs on our web interface. For one-half, instead of relying on their own search criteria, we use readily available labour market data to display relevant alternative occupations and associated jobs. The data indicate that this broadens the set of jobs they consider and increases their job interviews especially for participants who otherwise search narrowly and have been unemployed for a few months.