%0 Journal Article
%T Long
%A Brady T. West
%A Ira Elena Malmberg-Heimonen
%A Jukka Vuori
%J Research on Social Work Practice
%@ 1552-7581
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1049731517748424
%X This study reevaluates the effects of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of job search interventions on labor force participation. In the trial, various methods of job search interventions were included, of which about half were research-based JOBS (Job Opportunity and Basic Skills) interventions and the other half were practice-based, that is, without a theoretical or empirical base. This study compares effects of the research-based and practice-based interventions. The trial included data from 1998 to 2000 of 1,013 unemployed people in Finland with 3-year follow-up data from official labor market records. Multilevel multinomial logistic regression was used to analyze the intervention effects on labor market outcomes. The results demonstrated that beneficial long-term effects were produced only in interventions based on the research-based JOBS method for participants at risk of baseline depression. In contrast, the practice-based interventions seemed to have adverse effects on employment. These findings indicate the importance of research-based interventions within active labor market policies
%K randomized controlled trial
%K job search intervention
%K research-based
%K research-supported
%K active labor market policy
%K exiting labor market
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1049731517748424