. Selection bias based on observed characteristics is corrected for by applying kernel matching based on the propensity score. We …

wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which …

justifies the application of a matching estimator but also allows to take account of threefold heterogeneity. The recently …

, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the … reforms indeed had an impact in making the labor market more dynamic and accelerating the matching process …

The search-matching model is well suited for an equilibrium evaluation of labor market policies. When those policies …

considering the regional effects on both the matching process and the job-seeker rate. We use an unique new data set on all …-profit sector, wage subsidies, and apprenticeships cause particularly favourable effects on the regional matching function and the …

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits …

inflows into unemployment for the years 1986/87 and 1993/94 and apply local linear matching based on the estimated propensity …