%0 Report
        %A Berg, Gerard J. van den
%A Klaauw, Bas van der
        %T Counseling and Monitoring of Unemployed Workers: Theory and Evidence from a Controlled Social Experiment
        %D 2001
        %8 2001 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 374
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp374
        %X 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.
        %K randomized social experiment
%K multi-tasking
%K Unemployment duration
%K search effort
%K active labor market policy
%K treatment
%K search channels