unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced … effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. The role of unemployment benefit … the PEA could have had an even higher impact on unemployment reduction if there had been less focus on long …

This paper examines whether the Action Plan for Promoting Employment and Combating Unemployment, a labor market …

We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of labor market speeddates where unemployed workers meet …

significant effect on the overall extent of integration into employment. Regarding post-unemployment job quality, we find no …