Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP15192
Authors: Pedro Carneiro; Alex Armand; Federico Tagliati; Yiming Xia
Abstract: This paper examines the impact of an experiment in North Macedonia in which vulnerableunemployed individuals applying to a subsidized employment program were randomly selectedto attend job interviews. Employers hiring a new employee from the target population receivea subsidy covering the wage cost of the worker for the first six months. Using administrativeemployment data, we find that attending the job interview led to an increase of 15 percentagepoints in the likelihood of being employed 3.5 years after the start of the intervention. We alsofind positive and statistically significant effects on individuals’ non-cognitive and work-relatedskills.
Keywords: Active Labor Market Policy; Unemployment; Wage Subsidies; Job Search
JEL Codes: O15; J08; J68
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| job interview invitation (M51) | employment status (J63) |
| job interview invitation (M51) | likelihood of being employed (J68) |
| treatment group (C92) | employment rate in first six months (J68) |
| job interview invitation (M51) | employment duration (C41) |
| subsidized job selection (J68) | employment probability (J68) |