Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246039 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2021:4
Publisher: 
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
Integration Agreement (IA) are contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, nudging the latter to comply with rules on search behavior. We designed and implemented an RCT involving thousands of newly unemployed workers, randomizing at the individual level both the timing of the IA and whether it is announced in advance. Administrative registers provide outcomes. Novel theoretical and methodological analyses provide tools to detect anticipation and suggest estimation by individual baseline employability. A small positive effect on entering employment is driven by individuals with adverse prospects. For them, early IA increase re-employment within a year from 45% to 53%.
Subjects: 
unemployment
monitoring
job search
active labor market policy
nudge
anticipation
randomized controlled trial
JEL: 
J68
J64
C93
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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