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Providing Advice to Job Seekers at Low Cost: An Experimental Study on On-Line Advice

Providing Advice to Job Seekers at Low Cost: An Experimental Study on On-Line Advice

By Michele Belot, Philipp Kircher and Paul Muller.

Published in the Review of Economic Studies in 2018.

Abstract

We develop and evaluate experimentally a novel tool that redesigns the job search process by providing tailored advice at low cost. We invited job seekers to our computer facilities for 12 consecutive weekly sessions to search for real jobs on our web interface. For half, instead of relying on their own search criteria, we use readily available labor market data to display relevant alternative occupations and associated jobs. The data indicates that this broadens the set of jobs they consider and increases their job interviews especially for participants who otherwise search narrowly and have been unemployed for a few months.
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Belot, M., K. Kircher, P. Muller. 2018. “Providing Advice to Job Seekers at Low Cost: An Experimental Study on On-Line Advice”, Review of Economic Studies.