TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Klaauw, Bas van der
AU  - Vethaak, Heike
        TI  - Empirical Evaluation of Broader Job Search Requirements for Unemployed Workers
        PY  - 2022/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15698
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15698
        AB  - This paper analyses data from a large-scale field experiment where unemployed workers were randomly assigned to an additional caseworker meeting with the purpose to impose a broader job search strategy. We find that the meeting significantly increases job finding and is cost effective. However, caseworkers differ substantially in the rate at which they impose broader job search. We exploit this heterogeneity in caseworker stringency and the random assignment of unemployed workers to caseworkers within local offices to evaluate the broader search requirement. 
Our results show that imposing the broader search requirements reduces job finding. We argue that restricting the job search opportunities forces unemployed workers to search sub-optimally which negatively affects labor market outcomes. 
        KW  - unemployment
KW  - broader job search
KW  - caseworker stringency
KW  - caseworker meetings
KW  - field experiment
        ER  -