Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics on 7 May 2025, LG 0.423
You are invited to join the weekly Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics on 7 May 2025, from 13.15 to 14.45 pm. The seminar will be held in room LG 0.423. Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn) will be talking about “Reducing Mandatory Job Search in Unemployment Insurance”.
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This paper studies the effects of reducing mandatory job applications in unemployment insurance. We exploit a market-level policy change in Switzerland, where a subset of Public Employment Services reduced the number of required applications by 25% and abolished mandatory vacancy referrals. Using detailed administrative data and a difference-in-differences design, we find that the policy change increased the average duration of unemployment spells by about 8%, while increasing average re-employment earnings by about 3%. Moreover, the reform caused a reduction in firms’ vacancy posting at the Public Employment Service.