We examine the impact of active and passive labor market policies expenditures on the probability of re-employment, re-employment duration, unemployment duration, and re-employment wages in the case of job displacements due to firm closures. We use retrospective homogeneous longitudinal data...

We examine the effects of an experimental job-counseling program targeting Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients in Nevada both in the context of the Great Recession and a strongeconomy. The program reduced UI duration and improved participant employment and earnings in both periods. Effects...

Germany and the United States pursued different economic strategies to minimise the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on the labour market. Germany focused on safeguarding existing jobs through the use of internal flexibility measures, especially short-time work (STW). The United States relied on...