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- Title
DOES A MINIMUM JOB SEARCH REQUIREMENT REDUCE TIME ON UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS? EVIDENCE FROM THE JOBSEEKER DIARY IN AUSTRALIA.
- Authors
Borland, Jeff; Yi-Ping Tseng
- Abstract
This study examines the impact of the Jobseeker Diary (JSD), a program designed to increase the job search effort of unemployed persons in Australia. The JSD program is distinguished by combining a focus on work search verification with large scale implementation. Applying a quasi-experimental matching method to data on unemployment spells occurring in 1997-98, the authors find that JSD participation was associated with an increased rate of exit from unemployment payment recipiency and a shorter total time spent on payments. Payment receipt duration is estimated to have fallen for about one-half of JSD participants. The largest effects of the JSD occurred for payment recipients for whom labor demand conditions were the most favorable. Cost-benefit analysis suggests a fairly large net societal gain per program participant.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; JOB hunting; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT insurance claimants; UNEMPLOYMENT insurance; PUBLIC welfare; ECONOMIC policy; AUSTRALIAN economy, 1945-
- Publication
ILR Review, 2007, Vol 60, Issue 3, p357
- ISSN
0019-7939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/001979390706000303