unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …

a very detailed and flexible way. Information on job search behaviour, timing of unemployment and program start, as well …

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits … aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using a German micro-data set (SOEP) allows us to discuss the effects of a … recent unemployment benefit reform (Hartz IV). The reform reduced unemployment by only 0.3%. Contrary to general beliefs, we …

collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and … entrants (disproportionately women, youth and immigrants) and the less skilled to temporary jobs or unemployment …

measures such as monitoring and job search assistance for each period of unemployment in a dynamic environment with negative … should mainly be used at the beginning of unemployment and for short durations. However, contrary to existing schemes, they …

programme when they take into account that workfare is a condition for remaining eligible for unemployment benefits. This … outside option becomes less attractive. Introduction of workfare policies into an unemployment insurance scheme is shown to … contribute to a reduction in both open and total unemployment. It is also shown that the direct search effects of workfare …

unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced … effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. The role of unemployment benefit … the PEA could have had an even higher impact on unemployment reduction if there had been less focus on long …