Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295946 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16923
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
job search assistance
caseworker meetings
job search
field experiment
JEL: 
J68
J63
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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