TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Behncke, Stefanie
AU  - Frölich, Markus
AU  - Lechner, Michael
        TI  - Public Employment Services and Employers: How Important Are Networks with Firms?
        PY  - 2007/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3005
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3005
        AB  - This paper examines whether contacts between caseworkers in public employment offices and employers impact on the reemployment chances of the unemployed they counsel. This analysis is made possible through a large administrative dataset on unemployed combined with an extensive survey of caseworkers' characteristics and their strategies. This data was created for evaluating public employment services in Switzerland. We use econometric techniques from the treatment evaluation literature to identify causal effects of a more intense employer focus of the caseworkers. The estimation results indicate that caseworkers who maintain direct contacts to firms achieve higher reintegration rates.
        KW  - new public management
KW  - public employment services
KW  - employer focus
        ER  -