How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs Quickly; Experimental Evidence from a Mandatory Activation Program
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Experiment; Unemployment duration; Unemployment insurance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2007-01-28 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2007-01-28 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2007-01-28 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2007-01-28 (Public Economics)
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