TY - JOUR AU - Manoli, Dayanand S AU - Michaelides, Marios AU - Patel, Ankur TI - Long-Term Effects of Job-Search Assistance: Experimental Evidence Using Administrative Tax Data JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series VL - No. 24422 PY - 2018 Y2 - March 2018 DO - 10.3386/w24422 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/w24422 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/w24422.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Dayanand S. Manoli Department of Economics University of Texas at Austin 2225 Speedway Stop C3100 Austin, TX 78712 Tel: 510-684-8978 E-Mail: dsmanoli@austin.utexas.edu Marios Michaelides University of Cyprus E-Mail: mariosm@ucy.ac.cy Ankur Patel Department of the Treasury E-Mail: Ankur.Patel@treasury.gov M2 - featured in NBER digest on 2018-05-31 AB - This paper uses administrative tax data to examine the long-term effects of an experimental job-search assistance program operating in Nevada in 2009. The program required randomly-selected unemployed workers who had just started collecting unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to undergo an eligibility review and receive personalized job-counseling services. The program led to substantial short-term reductions in UI receipt, and to persistent, long-term increases in employment and earnings. The program also affected participants’ family outcomes, including total income, tax filing, tax liability, and home ownership. These findings show that job-search assistance programs may produce substantial long-term effects for participants and their families. ER -