TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Berg, Gerard J. van den
AU  - Klaauw, Bas van der
        TI  - Counseling and Monitoring of Unemployed Workers: Theory and Evidence from a Controlled Social Experiment
        PY  - 2001/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 374
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp374
        AB  - 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 show that counseling and monitoring do not affect the exit rate to work. Monitoring causes a shift from informal to formal job search. We combine our empirical results to the results from our theoretical analysis and the existing empirical literature, to establish a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of these policies.
        KW  - randomized social experiment
KW  - multi-tasking
KW  - Unemployment duration
KW  - search effort
KW  - active labor market policy
KW  - treatment
KW  - search channels
        ER  -