Does eliminating benefit eligibility requirements improve unemployed job search and labour market outcomes?

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Table 1. Matching estimates of MOs on search intensity and job outcomes

	ATT	Se	N	n treated	n untreated	Off support	Mean Bias	Median Bias
Search intensity at ‘t’	0.378	0.264	6,253	1,208	5,041	4	1.1	0.7
Job search outcomes
Months-to-employment between ‘t’ and ‘t + 12’	0.511**	0.214	3,594	731	2,861	2	1.3	1.1
Months-in-employment between ‘t’ and ‘t + 12’	−0.484**	0.206	3,594	731	2,861	2	1.3	1.1
Employed at ‘t + 12’	−0.020	0.023	3,594	731	2,861	2	1.3	1.1
Job quality variables
Wage (log hourly wage)	−0.066**	0.033	2,418	371	2,043	4	1.8	1.6
Wage (log weekly wage)	−0.137***	0.047	2,418	371	2,043	4	1.8	1.6
Number of hours worked	−1.710*	0.880	2,418	371	2,043	4	1.8	1.6

Note: Propensity scores separately calculated for all matching estimates. Coefficients are average treatment effects on the treated. We use the Epanechnikov kernel, common support, bandwidth 0.06, robust standard errors (499 bootstraps) clustered on the individual. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.