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Anticipation Effect
2 findings
Labour & employmentAdvance Notification Anticipation EffectNon-notified job seekers (Group C) experienced a sharper, more abrupt increase in the exit rate to work around day 90 compared to advance-notified job seekers (Group B), confirming theoretical predictions of anticipatory behavioral smoothing; however, advance notification yielded no statistically significant difference in unconditional 365-day re-employment probabilities (68.3% for Group B vs 69.7% for Group C).RCTLabour & employmentLifecycle Labor Supply Anticipation EffectApplicants awaiting a voucher offer increased employment by 0.6 percentage points (approximately 1 percent relative to the control mean) during the pre-offer waiting period prior to receiving voucher assistance.RCT