Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of two policies (an extension of the waiting period before entitlement to unemployment insurance (UI) and an intensification of counselling) targeted at unemployed school-leavers in Belgium on unemployment duration and on the quality...

The authors empirically test the cross-sectional relationship between hiring discrimination and labor market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, they conduct a correspondence test in the youth labor market. In line with theoretical expectations, results show that, compared to...

Since July 2004 the job search effort of long-term unemployed benefit claimants is monitored in Belgium. We develop a structural approach to evaluate the impact of the reform on the exit rate to employment and on earnings. A job-search model is built and then estimated on the basis of a sample...