Plausibly Exogenous [1232] - Labor Market Programs (06/17/2023)
LHS Variable
Job-seeking process of the unemployed
RHS Variable
Active labor market programs
Source of Exogenous Variation
(i) job seekers are quasi-randomly assigned to caseworkers, and (ii) caseworkers differ in their tendencies to assign similar job seekers to different programs.
- Humlum, Munch, and Rasmussen (2023), “What Works for the Unemployed? Evidence from Quasi-Random Caseworker Assignments”