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Carrot and Stick: How Reemployment Bonuses and Benefit Sanctions Affect Job Finding Rates

van der Klaauw, Bas; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

To increase their transition from welfare to work, benefit recipients in the municipality of Rotterdam were exposed to various financial incentives, including both carrots to sticks. Once their benefit spell exceeded one year, welfare recipients were entitled to a reemployment bonus if they...

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The Impact Of Active Labour Market Policies And Benefit Entitlement Rules On The Duration Of Unemployment

Lalive, Rafael; Ours, Jan C van; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We evaluate the effect of active labour market programs on the duration of unemployment in a reward or punish system …. In Switzerland, unemployment benefits are conditional upon program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. In … reduced during participation. Taken together, this leads to the conclusion that programs prolong unemployment duration for men …

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Swedish Labour Market Training and the Duration of Unemployment

Richardson, Katarina; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

model allowing for duration dependence and unobserved heterogeneity (leading to spurious duration dependence) in the … the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration is often close to zero. …

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The Effect of the Theo van Gogh Murder on House Prices in Amsterdam

Gautier, Pieter A; Siegmann, Arjen; van Vuuren, Aico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Does Islamic terrorism have an effect on the general attitudes towards Muslim minorities? We use the murder of Theo van Gogh as an event study to address this question. Specifically, we use the hedonic-market model and test for an effect on listed house prices in neighbourhoods where more than...

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How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs Quickly; Experimental Evidence from a Mandatory Activation Program

Krogh Graversen, Brian; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

appears that the activation program is very effective. The median unemployment duration of the control group is 14 weeks …

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Estimating the Probability of Leaving Unemployment Using Uncompleted Spells from Repeated Cross-Section Data

Güell, Maia; Hu, Luojia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We propose a new econometric estimation method for analysing the probability of leaving un-employment using uncompleted spells from repeated cross-section data, which can be especially useful when panel data are not available. The proposed method-of-moments-based estimator has two important...

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How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations; the Effects of Distance

Krogh Graversen, Brian; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more quickly. We show that the activation effect increases with the distance between the place of residence...

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Unemployment Insurance and Incentives in Hungary

Micklewright, John; Nagy, Gyula - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

We investigate the effect of changes in unemployment insurance (UI) rules in Hungary on the outflow rate from the UI register. Existing claims to UI are `grandfathered' in Hungary when UI rules change - new rules are applied only to new claims and existing claims continue to be administered...

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Labour Supply and Matching Rates for Welfare Recipients: An Analysis Using Neighbourhood Characteristics

van der Klaauw, Bas; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper investigates how in addition to personal characteristics the neighbourhood affects the individual transition rate from welfare to work. We use a unique administrative database on welfare recipients in Rotterdam, the second largest city of The Netherlands. We find that the exit rate to...

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Punitive Sanctions and the Transition Rate From Welfare to Work

den Berg, Gerard J van; van der Klaauw, Bas; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

In The Netherlands, the average exit rate out of welfare is dramatically low. Most welfare recipients have to comply with guidelines on job search effort that are imposed by the welfare agency. If they do not, then a sanction in the form of a temporary benefit reduction can be imposed. This...

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