The Long‐Run Effects of Unemployment Monitoring and Work‐Search Programs: Experimental Evidence from the United Kingdom
Journal of Labor Economics
2002
This article examines the long‐run effects of the Restart unemployment program in the United Kingdom. The program, aimed at the long‐term unemployed, involved a combination of tighter monitoring of benefit eligibility rules and increased job search assistance. We compare the employment behavior of a treatment group who participated in the scheme with that of a randomly chosen control group for whom participation was delayed. While there is little evidence of a long‐term benefit for women, the unemployment rate among males in the treatment group was six percentage points lower than that of the control group 5 years after the initial experiment.
- DOI
- 10.1086/338686
- Volume
- 20 (2)
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- 381-403
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- en
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