TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cockx, Bart
AU  - Dejemeppe, Muriel
AU  - Launov, Andrey
AU  - Linden, Bruno Van der
        TI  - Imperfect Monitoring of Job Search: Structural Estimation and Policy Design
        PY  - 2017/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10487
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10487
        AB  - We build and estimate a non-stationary structural job search model that incorporates the main stylized features of a typical job search monitoring scheme in unemployment insurance (UI) and acknowledges that search effort and requirements are measured imperfectly. Based on Belgian data, monitoring is found to affect search behavior only weakly, because (i) assessments were scheduled late and infrequently; (ii) the monitoring technology was not sufficiently precise, (iii) lenient Belgian UI results in caseloads that are less responsive to incentives than elsewhere. Simulations show how changing the aforementioned design features can enhance effectiveness and that precise monitoring is key in this.
        KW  - sanctions
KW  - non-stationary job search
KW  - unemployment benefits
KW  - monitoring
KW  - structural estimation
        ER  -