Is Better Access to Information Effective in Improving Labor Market Outcomes? Experimental Evidence

更好地获取信息是否能有效改善劳动力市场成果？

• 批准号: 1954016
• 负责人: Rohini Pande
• 金额: $ 40.59万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1954016&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Better; Access; Information; Effective; Improving

Provision of social insurance for low income people is not efficient for a variety of reasons, including lack of information. Similarly, labor markets in these areas do not function efficiently, especially for young women, to create pathways for employment to get them out poverty and improve their wellbeing. The proposed research will use field experiments to study the effects of information on improving efficiency of the provision of social insurance and employment for low income people, especially of young women. The project consists of two studies. The first study investigates how improved information flows through the bureaucracy improves the delivery of social benefits to impoverished recipients. It will also study the mechanisms through which information affects bureaucratic behavior and willingness to adopt information enhanced management tools. The second project will study how information flows influences the efficiency of labor markets in low income areas. The results of this research project will provide important policy inputs for poverty reduction and will help establish the US as a global leader in poverty reduction programs.This study will use two randomized control trial methods to study the effects of improved information on the provision of social insurance and employment among low income people. The first study aims to understand how improving the flow of information within a multi-tiered bureaucratic hierarchy can improve implementation of social protection programs. It examines these issues in the context of timely delivery of wages to impoverished workfare participants. The experimental evaluation considers whether providing improved information at multiple levels of the bureaucracy is complimentary, the mechanisms through which information influences administrator behavior, and willingness to adopt information enhancing management tools. The second study examines information flows in the context of a government-funded training and job placement program. It specifically asks whether community members can more effectively recruit high-potential candidates for training and improve long-term employment and social outcomes for poor youth. The research will also examine how information that youth receive affects program participation and job retention by gender. Insights from this study will inform understanding of how information by local recruiters affects match quality and labor force composition, individual employment outcomes, and youths' economic and social wellbeing.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

由于各种原因，包括缺乏信息，为低收入者提供社会保险的效率不高。同样，这些地区的劳动力市场不能有效地运作，特别是对年轻女性来说，无法为她们创造就业途径，让她们摆脱贫困，改善她们的福祉。拟议的研究将利用实地试验来研究信息对提高向低收入者，特别是年轻妇女提供社会保险和就业的效率的影响。该项目包括两项研究。第一项研究调查了通过官僚机构流动的改进信息如何改善向贫困接受者提供社会福利的情况。它还将研究信息影响官僚行为和采用信息强化管理工具的意愿的机制。第二个项目将研究信息流动如何影响低收入地区劳动力市场的效率。这一研究项目的结果将为减贫提供重要的政策投入，并将有助于确立美国作为全球减贫计划领导者的地位。本研究将使用两种随机对照试验方法来研究信息改善对低收入者提供社会保险和就业的影响。第一项研究旨在了解改善多层官僚体系内的信息流动如何改善社会保护方案的实施。它在及时向贫困的工作福利参与者发放工资的背景下审查了这些问题。实验评估考虑了在官僚机构的多个层面上提供改进的信息是否具有互补性，信息影响管理者行为的机制，以及采用信息增强管理工具的意愿。第二项研究考察了政府资助的培训和就业安置计划中的信息流。它具体询问社区成员是否能够更有效地招募高潜力的候选人进行培训，并改善贫困青年的长期就业和社会成果。这项研究还将考察青年获得的信息如何影响性别对项目参与和工作保留率的影响。这项研究的见解将有助于理解当地招聘人员的信息如何影响匹配质量和劳动力构成、个人就业结果以及年轻人的经济和社会福祉。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。