Dynamic Evaluation of Job Search Assistance

43 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2011 Last revised: 16 Apr 2023

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Stephen Kastoryano

University of Mannheim; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Bas van der Klaauw

VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Tinbergen Institute

Abstract

This paper evaluates a job search assistance program for unemployment insurance recipients. The assignment to the program is dynamic. We provide a discussion on dynamic treatment effects and identification conditions. In the empirical analyses we use administrative data from a unique institutional environment. This allows us to compare different microeconometric evaluation estimators. All estimators find that the job search assistance program reduces the exit to work, in particular when provided early during the spell of unemployment. Furthermore, continuous-time (timing-of-events and regression discontinuity) methods are more robust than discrete-time (propensity score and regression discontinuity) methods.

Keywords: empirical evaluation, dynamic enrollment, treatment evaluation

JEL Classification: C22, J64, J68

Suggested Citation

Kastoryano, Stephen and van der Klaauw, Bas, Dynamic Evaluation of Job Search Assistance. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5424, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1741612 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1741612

Stephen Kastoryano (Contact Author)

University of Mannheim ( email )

Universitaetsbibliothek Mannheim
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Mannheim, 68131
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IZA Institute of Labor Economics ( email )

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Bas Van der Klaauw

VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Tinbergen Institute

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Rotterdam, 3062 PA
Netherlands

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