Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift in 2005 … evidence for whether an intended positive effect of benefit sanctions on employment entry of welfare recipients has been bought … draw causal inference of sanction enforcements on unemployment exit hazards. Based on a novel survey sample covering the …

unemployment benefits. Will social welfare rise as a result? Will some groups be winners and other groups be losers? Will the …

We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI … had minimal effects on employment and earnings; these programs mainly induced the early exit of participants. The fourth … increased employment and earnings. Both early participant exits and effective job counseling underlie these impacts. We conclude …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …