TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Klaauw, Bas van der
AU  - Ziegler, Lennart
        TI  - A Field Experiment on Labor Market Speeddates for Unemployed Workers
        PY  - 2019/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12140
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12140
        AB  - We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of labor market speeddates where unemployed workers meet temporary employment agencies. Our analysis shows that participation in such events increases immediate job finding by 6-7 percentage points. In the subsequent months, employment effects diminish again, suggesting that vacancies mediated through temporary employment agencies have no long-lasting effect on employment prospects. While the intervention is cost effective for the UI administration, higher labor earnings of treated job seekers do not fully compensate for the decline in benefit payments. Additional survey evidence shows that speeddate participation increases job search motivation and reduces reservation wages.
        KW  - active labor market policies
KW  - randomized experiment
KW  - temporary work
KW  - matching events
KW  - job search behavior
        ER  -