In this paper we investigate how counseling and monitoring affect firms? hiring strategies and performance. Using a social experiment which induced a greater provision of activation, we find that in the short-run, job search assistance changes hiring decisions of small firms. The estimated...

In this paper we investigate how active labor market policy programs affect firms' hiring strategies and, eventually, firms' performance. We focus on counseling and monitoring which may reduce search costs for employers, but which may also have ambiguous effect on the employer–employee...

[eng] In July 2001, France introduced a more generous unemployment-insurance system. Persons registered at the National Employment Agency (ANPE) at the time of the reform could choose between staying in the former system and switching to the new one. Our paper examines the selection issue and...

[ger] Die Auswirkung der Flexibilität des Arbeitsmarkts auf die Eingliederung der jungen Menschen wird weiterhin kontrovers diskutiert. Auch wenn durch eine Zeitarbeit Berufserfahrung gesammelt werden und dieser Job ein „Sprungbrett“ in eine stabile Beschäftigung darstellen kann, so bleibt...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the role of employers in creating employment gaps among women returning to the labor market after parental leaves of different durations. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a controlled correspondence field experiment that orthogonally...

Other-regarding preferences are important for establishing and maintaining cooperative outcomes. In this paper, we study how the formation of other-regarding preferences during childhood is related to parental background. Our subjects, aged 4–12 years, are classified into other-regarding types...