Encouragement Emails Increase Participation in Reemployment Services

Date
2016-04Author
Mathematica Policy Research
W.E. Upjohn Institute
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Darling, Matthew
O'Leary, Christopher
Perez-Johnson, Irma
Lefkowitz, Jaclyn
Kline, Ken
Damerow, Ben
Ebers, Randall
Abstract
This publication presents preliminary findings from a 2015 random assignment study of a behavioral intervention that used a series of email messages to motivate the participation of Unemployment Insurance claimants in Michigan's Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program.