Stigma and take-up of labour market assistance: Evidence from two field experiments.

Autor/inn/en	Osman, Adam; Speer, Jamin D.
Titel	Stigma and take-up of labour market assistance: Evidence from two field experiments. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Stigmatisierung und Inanspruchnahme von Arbeitsmarktunterstützung: Erkenntnisse aus zwei Feldexperimenten.
Quelle	In: Economica (London), 91 (2024) 361, S. 123-141 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-0427; 1468-0335
DOI	10.1111/ecca.12498
Schlagwörter	Wahrnehmung; Arbeitsförderung; Arbeitspolitik; Stigmatisierung; Arbeitsloser Jugendlicher; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsvermittlung; Erwerbsverhalten; Qualifizierungsmaßnahme; Arbeitsförderungsmaßnahme; Teilnehmerstruktur; Auswirkung; Inanspruchnahme; Informationsangebot; Trainingsmaßnahme; Ägypten
Abstract	"Aversion to 'stigma'-disutility associated with a programme or activity due to beliefs about how it is perceived-may affect labor market choices and utilization of social programs, but empirical evidence of its importance is scarce. Using two randomized field experiments, we show that stigma can affect consequential labour market decisions. Treatments designed to alleviate stigma concerns about taking entry-level jobs-such as how those jobs are perceived by society-had small average effects on take-up of job assistance programs. However, using compositional analysis and machine learning methods, we document large heterogeneity in the responses to our treatments. Stigma significantly affects the composition of who takes up a program: the treatments were more successful in overcoming stigma for older, wealthier and working respondents. For other people, we show that our treatments merely increased the salience of the stigma without dispelling it. We conclude that social image concerns affect labor market decisions and that messaging surrounding programs can have important effects on program take-up and composition." The study refers to the period 2016-2019. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1