Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263668 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15452
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In a randomized field experiment, we provide personalized suggestions about suitable alternative occupations to long-term unemployed job seekers in the UK. The suggestions are automatically generated, integrated in an online job search platform, and fed into actual search queries. Effects on the primary pre-registered outcomes of “finding a stable job” and “reaching a cumulative earnings threshold” are positive, are significant among those who searched at least once, and are more pronounced for those who are longer unemployed. Treated individuals include more occupations in their search and find more jobs in recommended occupations.
Subjects: 
online advice
job search
long-term unemployment
occupational mobility
field experiment
JEL: 
D83
J62
C93
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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