The impact of lower caseloads in public employment services on the unemployed

Abstract In a randomised controlled trial in Austria, lowering caseloads for caseworkers in a Public Employment Office led to more meetings with unemployed clients, more job offers, more programme assignments, and more sanctions for noncompliance with job search requirements. It shortened unemployme...

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Main Authors: René Böheim, Rainer Eppel, Helmut Mahringer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-11-01
Series:Journal for Labour Market Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-023-00357-4