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Check in, check out: How periodic interviews lead immigrants to leave the labor force

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  • Huuskonen, Jussi
  • Kiviholma, Sanni

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Periodic interviews combine job search assistance and monitoring of job search. In 2017, a policy change increased the frequency with which public employment offices interviewed unemployed jobseekers in Finland. We study the effects of periodic interviews on unemployed immigrants’ exit rates from unemployment. Utilizing regional variation in the implementation of interviews, we find that the reform pushed immigrant jobseekers out of the labor force. We find no evidence that the intensifying of interviews increased unemployed immigrants’ transitions to employment, education, or active labor market programs. We document that immigrants’ better language skills are associated with higher employment probabilities.

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  • Huuskonen, Jussi & Kiviholma, Sanni, 2025. "Check in, check out: How periodic interviews lead immigrants to leave the labor force," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 252(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:252:y:2025:i:c:s016517652500179x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112342
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    Keywords

    Active labor market policy; Immigrants; Job search assistance; Periodic interviews; Public employment services; Unemployment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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