We study how job seekers' understanding of complex unemployment benefit rules affects their labor market performance. Combining data from a large-scale scale field experiment, detailed administrative records, and a survey of unemployed job seekers, we document three main results. First, job...

We study how job seekers' understanding of complex unemployment benefit rules affects their labor market performance. Combining data from a large-scale scale field experiment, detailed administrative records, and a survey of unemployed job seekers, we document three main results. First, job...

This PhD dissertation consists of three self-contained chapters. The first chapter studies the role of fertility preferences of young women for their education, family formation and labor market outcomes. The second and third chapter share a common focus on the complexity of public policies,...

In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. This is somewhat surprising and raises the question of why only minor shares of unemployed...

This PhD dissertation consists of three self-contained chapters. The first chapter studies the role of fertility preferences of young women for their education, family formation and labor market outcomes. The second and third chapter share a common focus on the complexity of public policies,...