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Why do tougher caseworkers increase employment? : The role of programme assignment as a causal mechanism

    2017
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  • Review of economics and statistics. - 2017, vol. 99, no. 1, p. 180-183
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Active labour market policy
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English Previous research found that less accommodating caseworkers are more success- ful in placing unemployed workers into employment. This paper explores the causal mechanisms behind this result using semiparametric mediation analysis. Analysing rich linked jobseeker-caseworker data for Switzerland, we find that the positive employment effects of less accommodating caseworkers are not driven by a particularly effective mix of labour market programmes, but rather by other dimensions of the counselling process, possibly including threat effects of sanctions and pressure to accept jobs.
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Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales et du management
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Département d'économie politique
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  • English
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Economics
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