Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272457 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15830
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study how online job search advice affects the job search strategies and labor market outcomes of unemployed workers. In a large-scale field experiment, we provide job seekers with vacancy information and occupational recommendations through an online dashboard. A clustered randomization procedure with regionally varying treatment intensities allows us to account for treatment spillovers. Our results show that online advice is highly effective when the share of treated workers is relatively low: in regions where less than 50% of job seekers are exposed to the treatment, working hours and earnings of treated job seekers increase by 8.5–9.5% in the year after the intervention. At the same time, we find substantial negative spillovers on other treated job seekers for higher treatment intensities, resulting from increased competition between treated job seekers who apply for similar vacancies.
Subjects: 
unemployment
job search
job search assistance
public policy
field experiments
information frictions
occupational recommendations
online advice
JEL: 
J62
J23
J68
D83
C93
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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