| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Job search requirements, effort provision and labor market outcomes |
| Authors: | Arni, Patrick Schiprowski, Amelie |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.09.004 |
| Published in: | Journal of Public Economics |
| Volume(Issue): | 169 |
| Page(s): | 65 |
| Pages to: | 88 |
| Issue Date: | 22-Nov-2018 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0047-2727 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Effort target; Job search behavior; Unemployment insurance; Incentive |
| Subject (DDC): | 331: Labor economics |
| Abstract: | How effective are effort targets? This paper provides novel evidence on the effects of job search requirements on effort provision and labor market outcomes. Based on large-scale register data, we estimate the returns to required job search effort, instrumenting individual requirements with caseworker stringency. Identification is ensured by the conditional random assignment of job seekers to caseworkers. We find that the duration of un- and non-employment both decrease by 3% if the requirement increases by one monthly application. When instrumenting actual applications with caseworker stringency, an additionally provided monthly application decreases the length of spells by 4%. In line with theory, we further find that the effect of required effort decreases in the individual's voluntary effort. Finally, the requirement level causes small negative effects on job stability, reducing the duration of re-employment spells by 0.3% per required application. We find a zero effect on re-employment wages. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29844 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Center for Labor, Digital and Regional Economics (CLDR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Arni, P., & Schiprowski, A. (2018). Job search requirements, effort provision and labor market outcomes. Journal of Public Economics, 169, 65–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.09.004
Arni, P. and Schiprowski, A. (2018) ‘Job search requirements, effort provision and labor market outcomes’, Journal of Public Economics, 169, pp. 65–88. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.09.004.
P. Arni and A. Schiprowski, “Job search requirements, effort provision and labor market outcomes,” Journal of Public Economics, vol. 169, pp. 65–88, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.09.004.
ARNI, Patrick und Amelie SCHIPROWSKI, 2018. Job search requirements, effort provision and labor market outcomes. Journal of Public Economics. 22 November 2018. Bd. 169, S. 65–88. DOI 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.09.004
Arni, Patrick, and Amelie Schiprowski. 2018. “Job Search Requirements, Effort Provision and Labor Market Outcomes.” Journal of Public Economics 169 (November): 65–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.09.004.
Arni, Patrick, and Amelie Schiprowski. “Job Search Requirements, Effort Provision and Labor Market Outcomes.” Journal of Public Economics, vol. 169, Nov. 2018, pp. 65–88, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.09.004.
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