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Using Behavioral Insights to Improve Take-Up of a Reemployment Program: Trial Design and Findings (Final Report)
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Using Behavioral Insights to Improve Take-Up of a Reemployment Program: Trial Design and Findings (Final Report)

DOL Behavioral Interventions Project Final Report
Published: May 31, 2017
Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research
Human Services Employment Analytics & Operations

Authors

Matthew Darling

Christopher O’Leary

Irma Perez-Johnson

Jaclyn Lefkowitz

Ken Kline

Ben Damerow

Randall Eberts

Samia Amin

Greg Chojnacki

Key Findings

Key Findings:

  • Simple encouragement emails resulted in a 15 percentage point increase in Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants scheduling their first REA session.
  • There was a 14 percentage point increase in the number of UI claimants completing the REA program.
This report presents findings from Mathematica’s behavioral insights study conducted for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program in Michigan.

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