rules aim to strengthen incentives to look for, prepare for, and accept employment. They may also be used as a targeting …

support for the jobless with incentives to keep out-of-work spells short. After summarising the main parameters of existing … incentives and discuss their significance when labour markets are weak during and after an economic downturn. Based on the …

support for the jobless with incentives to keep out-of-work spells short. After summarising the main parameters of existing … incentives and discuss their significance when labour markets are weak during and after an economic downturn. Based on the …

This note examines the balance of activation strategies in OECD countries, where this type of policy approach has a … incentives, as well as mutual obligations and active labour market programmes. …

Activation policies aimed at getting working-age people off benefits and into work have become a buzzword in labour … labour market policies (ALMPs), a key component in any activation strategy. It then reviews the macroeconomic evidence on the … country reviews of activation policies. It concludes with a discussion of crucial unanswered questions about activation. …

through disability. In general, the low generosity of out-of-work benefits means that positive incentives to work exist for … almost all benefit recipients, but weak work incentives exist for those receive Housing Benefit, and for primary earners in … couples who have low earnings. Recent reforms to strengthen work incentives have altered the in-work tax credits, rather than …

Workfare policies are often introduced in labour market policies to improve the trade-off between incentives and … equilibrium search framework, we show that the effects of workfare policies critically depend on the response of those not in the … programme when they take into account that workfare is a condition for remaining eligible for unemployment benefits. This …

This note examines the balance of activation strategies in OECD countries, where this type of policy approach has a … incentives, as well as mutual obligations and active labour market programmes. …

based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation …

based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation …