TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Homrighausen, Pia
AU  - Oberfichtner, Michael
        TI  - Do Caseworker Meetings Prevent Unemployment? Evidence from a Field Experiment
        PY  - 2024/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16923
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16923
        AB  - Caseworker meetings have been shown to accelerate exit from unemployment. We explore whether they are also effectual before entering unemployment. In a natural field experiment, we offer caseworker meetings to workers at risk of losing their jobs while they are still employed. We find that the offer induces additional meetings and substantially shifts the first meeting forward but has no effect on entry into unemployment or on labour market outcomes within one year. The intervention does not alter jobseekers' search behaviour, which likely explains its inefficacy.
        KW  - job search assistance
KW  - caseworker meetings
KW  - job search
KW  - field experiment
        ER  -