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Implementation of a labor market program with more frequent meetings in Sweden

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  • Forslund, Anders

    (IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy)

  • Laun, Lisa

    (IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy)

  • Vikström, Johan

    (IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy)

  • Egebark, Johan

    (Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish PES))

  • Rödin, Magnus

    (Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish PES))

  • Cheung, Maria

    (Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish PES))

Abstract

In 2015, the Swedish Public Employment Service (PES), together with the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), launched a large-scale randomized control trial to collect new evidence on direct and displacement effects of job search assistance (JSA). The JSA program introduced more frequent meetings between case workers and job seekers during the early phase of an unemployment spell, and involved three types of meetings: (1) individual face-to-face meetings, (2) individual distance meetings, and (3) group meetings. The purpose of this paper is to present details of the design of the experiment, as a background for the evaluation of the job search assistance program reported in a companion paper.

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  • Forslund, Anders & Laun, Lisa & Vikström, Johan & Egebark, Johan & Rödin, Magnus & Cheung, Maria, 2020. "Implementation of a labor market program with more frequent meetings in Sweden," Working Paper Series 2020:22, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
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    Keywords

    counseling; job search; randomized experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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