Persistently high unemployment rates have stimulated debates whether or not the tax transfer system may be partly …

this observation, we ask how unemployment insurance policy should take the individual financial situation into account. We … use a quantitative model with a realistically calibrated unemployment insurance system, individual consumption …-saving decision and moral hazard during job search to answer this question and find that the optimal policy provides unemployment …

Germany. While the reforms consisted of four parts, it was especially the reform of the unemployment benefit system - the … year earlier, was much more successful in reducing unemployment. The reorganisation or the BA accounts for around 20% of … the reduction of unemployment between 2005 and 2008. By contrast, the Hartz IV reform can account for only 5% of this …

The Hartz IV labour market reform in 2005 triggered a substantial reduction in unemployment in Germany. At the same …

Germany. While the reforms consisted of four parts, it was especially the reform of the unemployment benefit system - the … year earlier, was much more successful in reducing unemployment. The reorganisation or the BA accounts for around 20% of … the reduction of unemployment between 2005 and 2008. By contrast, the Hartz IV reform can account for only 5% of this …

Hartz IV has been in force since 2005. The law has combined unemployment benefits and social assistance. Since it came … into force, unemployment has fallen significantly. Whether this was mainly due to the Hartz IV reform or other causes were …