satisfaction of European citizens is affected by employment protection and the level and duration of unemployment benefit payments … nearly neutralize each other. -- unemployment benefit ; employment protection ; macroeconomic uncertainty ; cost …-benefit analysis ; life satisfaction ; happiness …

inclusion through 'activation, it can be seen that currently nearly a quarter of a million people in Germany are registered as … unemployed without any entitlement to unemployment benefits or any individual social protection like health care. These …, stricter eligibility rules to unemployment benefits introduced with the reforms. This re-familisation of social security stands …

empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite … and Income Security (EIS) to strengthen the inclusive function and stabilisation impact of national unemployment insurance …

and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on …

and restrictions on fixed-term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … provision of unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in …

This paper studies the effect of two labor market institutions, unemployment insurance (UI) and job search assistance … search unemployment, skill depreciation during unemployment, and idiosyncratic as well as aggregate labor market risk. The … substantial reduction in the output cost of recessions and a more moderate reduction in the welfare cost of recessions in Germany. …