%0 Report
        %A Cairo, Sofie
%A Mahlstedt, Robert
        %T Transparency of the Welfare System and Labor Market Outcomes of Unemployed Workers
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Dec
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14940
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14940
        %X We study how the transparency of welfare systems affects labor market outcomes of unemployed workers in a large-scale field experiment. Our low-cost information intervention uses a personalized online tool that informs benefit recipients about their personal risk of a benefit reduction when not complying with a work requirement. We find disparate effects reflecting individuals' job search status. Providing personalized information improves labor market outcomes by mitigating the pressure to accept unstable part-time jobs among active job seekers with a low sanction risk. Inactive persons with a high sanction risk leave welfare and rely on alternative income support more frequently.
        %K unemployment
%K transfer programs
%K transparency
%K sanctions
%K uncertainty
%K work requirements
%K field experiments
%K information treatment