RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Field Experiment on Labor Market Speeddates for Unemployed Workers
JF Journal of Human Resources
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 259
OP 288
DO 10.3368/jhr.1021-11946R2
VO 60
IS 1
A1 van der Klaauw, Bas
A1 Ziegler, Lennart
YR 2025
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/60/1/259.abstract
AB We conduct a field experiment to evaluate labor market speeddates where unemployed workers meet temporary employment agencies. Participation in such events increases immediate job finding by six to seven percentage points. Afterwards employment effects diminish, suggesting that temporary employment has no long‐lasting effect on employment prospects. While the intervention is cost‐effective for the unemployment insurance (UI) administration, higher labor earnings of treated job seekers do not compensate for the decline in benefit payments. Survey evidence shows that speeddate participation increases job search motivation and reduces reservation wages. These findings concur with predictions of a model where job seekers update their labor market beliefs.