abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its … effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a triple difference methodology the hiring subsidy is shown to increase the job … at least a bachelor's degree. However, the hiring subsidy mainly created temporary short-lived employment: eligible …

current subsidy program underwent a major reform in 2011 that changed its key parameters: support was lowered, eligibility …

's retirement decision. Using administrative pension insurance records from Germany, I examine the impact of a pension subsidy …-of-the-envelope calculation suggests the ratio of behavioral cost to mechanical cost of this subsidy program is 0.3, which is smaller than other … subsidy program can account for one third of the increase in women's age of claiming pension over the past decade …

subsidy program for low-pay workers. The subsidies have a kinked relationship with the recipients' past contributions …-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that the ratio of behavioral to mechanical costs for this subsidy program is 0.3, which is smaller than that …

in East Germany after reunification. We show that a 1-percentage-point decrease in the subsidy rate leads to a 1 …