Do unemployment insurance recipients actively seek work? Evidence from randomized trials in four U.S. States

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 53-75

  Ashenfelter, Orley ^a   Ashmore, David ^a   Deschênes, Olivier ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Randomized experiments; Unemployment insurance; Work search verification

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY;

RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENTS; SOCIAL PROGRAMS; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; WORK SEARCH VERIFICATION;

INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE;

EID: 10044278381     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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