Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/208147 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-948
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper is the first to use program administrative data from Brazil's National Employment System (SINE) to assess the impact of SINE job interview referrals on labor market outcomes. Data for a five-year period (2012-2016) are used to evaluate the impact of SINE on employment probability, wage rates, time until reemployment, and job tenure. Difference-in-differences estimates suggest that a SINE job interview referral increases the probability of finding a job within three months of the referral and reduces the number of months to find reemployment, the average job tenure of the next job, and the reemployment wage. Subgroup analysis suggests that compared to more educated workers, SINE is more effective in helping less educated workers by increasing their probability of finding a job and reducing time until reemployment. Finally, the evidence suggests that online labor exchange is less effective than the service provided in person at SINE offices.
Subjects: 
employment agencies
labor market policy
employment services
labor exchange
job matching
job interview referrals
difference-in-differences
JEL: 
J18
J23
J68
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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