When Helping Hurts: Randomized Experiment Shows Free Legal Aide Delays Unemployment Benefits

Michael Giberson Learning from randomized controlled experiments: apparently free legal representation provided by the Harvard Legal Aide Bureau tended to delay (by about two weeks on average) receipt of unemployment benefits among a group of claimants appealing an initial disallowance of their unemployment claims.  Representation had no effect on the likelihood of a claimant succeeding …

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