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Learning about Job Search: A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany

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  25. Altmann, Steffen & Cairo, Sofie & Mahlstedt, Robert & Sebald, Alexander, 2022. "Do Job Seekers Understand the UI Benefit System (And Does It Matter)?," IZA Discussion Papers 15747, IZA Network @ LISER.
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  29. Sascha Drahs & Luke Haywood & Amelie Schiprowski, 2018. "Job Search with Subjective Wage Expectations," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1725, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
  30. McGee, Andrew & McGee, Peter, 2016. "Search, effort, and locus of control," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 126(PA), pages 89-101.
  31. Denisova-Schmidt, Elena & Huber, Martin & Prytula, Yaroslav, 2015. "An experimental evaluation of an anti-corruption intervention among Ukrainian university students," FSES Working Papers 462, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland.
  32. Mehic, Adrian & Mosaddegh, Arian, 2025. "The Impact of Firm-Influenced Vocational Education on Labor Market and Demographic Outcomes," Working Paper Series 1524, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, revised 14 Apr 2025.
  33. Girum Abebe & A Stefano Caria & Marcel Fafchamps & Paolo Falco & Simon Franklin & Simon Quinn, 2021. "Anonymity or Distance? Job Search and Labour Market Exclusion in a Growing African City [Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments]," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 88(3), pages 1279-1310.
  34. Elisabeth Leduc & Ilan Tojerow, 2025. "Closing the Mismatch: Encouraging Jobseekers to Reskill for Shortage Occupations," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 25-014/V, Tinbergen Institute.
  35. Harald Mayr, 2022. "Cheap search, picky workers? Evidence from a field experiment," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(4), pages 2079-2087.
  36. Schmidt, Felix & Berger, Eva & Schunk, Daniel & Müller, Henning & König, Günther, 2017. "Self-Regulation Training and Job Search Effort: A Natural Field Experiment within an Active Labor Market Program," VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking 168177, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  37. Csaba Bekesi & Florica Stefanescu & Delia Bekesi, 2017. "Looking For A Job," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 60-73, December.
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  39. Caroline Hall & Kaisa Kotakorpi & Linus Liljeberg & Jukka Pirttilä, 2022. "Screening through Activation? Differential Effects of a Youth Activation Program," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 57(3), pages 1033-1077.
  40. Pei-Hsuan Tsai & Chih-Jou Chen & Jia-Wei Tang, 2021. "Key Factors Influencing Talent Retention and Turnover in Convenience Stores: A Comparison of Managers’ and Employees’ Perspectives," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(4), pages 21582440211, December.
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