We provide the first systematic evidence on the effectiveness of a contested policy in Germany to help displaced workers. So-called “transfer companies” (Transfergesellschaften) employ displaced workers for a fixed period, during which time workers are provided with job-search assistance and...

In a randomised controlled trial in Austria, lowering caseloads for caseworkers in a Public Employment Office led to more meetings with unemployed clients, more job offers, more programme assignments, and more sanctions for noncompliance with job search requirements. It shortened unemployment...

Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment. Based on two microeconomic datasets, we show that the...

Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment. Based on two microeconomic datasets, we show that the...

We study the impact of online information provision to unemployed job seekers who are looking for work in occupations in slack markets, i.e. with only few vacancies per job seeker. Job seekers received suggestions about suitable alternative occupations, and how the prospects of these...

Aus dem einleitenden Teil: "Im Auftrag des AMS Österreich (AMS) führt das Institut Synthesis Forschung regelmäßig Analysen wie Prognosen des österreichischen Arbeitsmarktes durch (siehe dazu auch die entsprechenden AMS-Publikationen im Internet: www.ams.at/forschungsnetzwerk). Das...

Aus dem einleitenden Teil: "Im Auftrag des AMS Österreich (AMS) führt das Institut Synthesis Forschung regelmäßig Analysen wie Prognosen des österreichischen Arbeitsmarktes durch (siehe dazu auch die entsprechenden AMS-Publikationen im Internet: www.ams.at/forschungsnetzwerk). Das...