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Mandatory activation reduces job application costs from $\gamma_0 = 0.202$ to $\gamma_1 = 0.114$, but completely eliminates non-market time value $h = 0.013$ per month (equivalent to 1.3% of monthly productivity or ~2% of unemployment benefits).
A microeconometric RCT evaluation calculates a 5.4 percentage point monthly job-finding advantage (0.245 vs 0.191 matching rate) at 30% treatment intensity. In contrast, the macro policy-relevant treatment effect under full 100% rollout yields only a 0.3 percentage point increase (0.208 vs 0.205 matching rate), showing micro trials overstate true policy efficacy by 18-fold.