Intervention(s)
The survey instrument consisted of five parts:
1. Screening: To be eligible to participate, a respondent should be i) between 18 and 55 years old, ii) not working, iii) actively looking for a job and iv) not enrolled in any training course.
2. Working and training history: we asked respondents about their past training and work experience, whether they felt their past job was part of their identity, the skills needed in their previous job, expectations of wage, training effectiveness and job finding rates for the main job they are searching for. We also asked some information about their job search (e.g, hours spent searching, number of occupations).
3.Attitudes towards new occupation: we randomly assigned every survey respondent to a ``treatment occupation" (IT assistant or construction technician). We then asked expectations of employer's demand, wages, job finding rates, fit with own identity, confidence in skills and interest for this occupation.
4. Discrete choice experiment: respondents are asked to choose between six training options with randomized characteristics, as described in the attached PAP.
5. Demographics and unemployment: we collect further demographic information such as whether the person receives unemployment benefits, duration of unemployment, time spent in household chores and personality traits.