In July 2004, the Belgian government intensified monitoring within the Unemployment Insurance scheme. Workers claiming … unemployment benefits for more than 13 months are notified that past job-search behavior will be monitored 8 months later. In one …

A first objective of this paper is to emphasise the role of a correct diagnosis of unemployment persistence for the … training programmes for unemployed workers on the probability of leaving unemployment. Finally, we invite economists to think …

This paper compares the effects of three policies that aim at fighting the low-skill unemployment problem in Belgium … analysis of the causes of unemployment in Belgium, we recommend the use of reductions in employers?' social security …