effort and benefit sanctions if observed search is deemed insufficient. We find that introducing monitoring and sanctions …This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort … among the unemployed is not perfectly observable. We examine to what extent the optimal policy involves monitoring of search …

effort and benefit sanctions if observed search is deemed insufficient. We find that introducing monitoring and sanctions …This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort … among the unemployed is not perfectly observable. We examine to what extent the optimal policy involves monitoring of search …

We develop a method to jointly measure the response of worker search effort (individual effect) and vacancy creation … market. The data indicate that the cut in Missouri significantly increased job finding rates by both raising the search …

distress, search for jobs and access public insurance. Using the model, we calculate that employees' willingness to pay for …

the job search behavior of unemployed individuals, incorporating institutional features of the monitoring of search … behavior by the agencies. Notably, rejections of VRs may lead to sanctions (temporary benefits reductions) while workers may … caseworker recorded data on VRs, sick reporting and sanctions. The analysis highlights the influence of aspects of the health …

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on unemployment benefit sanctions. The experimental set …-up allows us to distinguish between the effect of benefit sanctions once they are imposed (the ex post effect) and the effect …. Moreover, the ex ante effect turns out to be substantial and bigger than the ex post effect. Benefit sanctions stimulate the …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate. …

This paper investigates the effect of sanctions of unemployment insurance benefits on the exit rate from unemployment … for a sample of Danish unemployed. According to the findings are that even moderate sanctions have rather large effects … a rather large sample to elaborate on the basic findings. It is shown that harder sanctions have a larger effect, that …

Labor market policy tools such as training and sanctions are commonly used to help bring workers back to work. By … outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. We find that training improves cardiovascular and mental health … sanctions cause a short-run deterioration of mental health, possibly due higher stress levels, but this tapers out quickly. …