Tag
public_employment_services
6 findings
Labour & employmentCandidate Pre-Screening and Filtering ServicesTreatment increased permanent vacancy creation by 24% (0.047 vacancies per firm, p < 0.01) and pre-screening service usage by 58% (3.4 percentage point increase, p < 0.01), while reducing organic jobseeker applications received directly by firms by 39% (2.67 fewer applications, p < 0.01).RCTLabour & employmentPrivate Vacancy Access ControlTreatment increased the proportion of vacancies made private (restricted from public online access) by 57% off the control mean, directly reducing unvetted jobseeker applications.RCTLabour & employmentProactive Firm Prospection CampaignActive prospection generated a 488% increase in agency counselor visits to treatment firms (jump of 0.5 visits per firm) and a 152% increase in phone contacts (1.5 additional calls per firm) during the intensive phase.RCTLabour & employmentService Provider Incentive Alignment in Job CounselingIn France, private providers achieved lower employability outcomes than public employment services because fee structures incentivized maximizing participant volume over job fit. In Switzerland, private providers generated higher short-term placements, but long-term employment outcomes deteriorated because contractors prioritized rapid placement over durable employment matches.RCTLabour & employmentPublic Employment Referral Quality and Systemic FrictionNational usage of SINE among Brazilian job seekers fell from 3.81% in 2012 to 1.81% in 2022. While receiving a job referral through SINE increased overall hiring probability, it resulted in a statistically significant wage reduction compared to workers' previous employment due to the system's inability to capture high-quality private vacancies.Observational StudyLabour & employmentVacancy Drafting and Legal Compliance SupportFree public vacancy drafting support provided legal compliance verification, salary transparency guidelines, and anti-discrimination checks across treatment firm postings, though overall implementation rates for standalone drafting support remained small compared to pre-screening services.RCT