wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the …

Exploiting an unemployment insurance (UI) reform in Brazil, we study incentive effects of UI in the presence of …

We evaluate the quantity-quality trade-off on the labor market by estimating an augmented matching function weighting … good half of the positive effect of reforms on the matching efficiency remains. …Wir analysieren den Zielkonflikt zwischen Umfang und Qualität der Beschäftigung, indem wir eine erweiterte Matching …

reduction of unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany as … background we find that the role of unemployment benefit reduction for the reduction of unemployment is very modest (7% of the … the observed post-reform unemployment decline. If disincentive effects of PEA reforms had been avoided, the effect could …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …

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 …

incentives for the lowskilled and to increase durations of unemployment. Standard studies measure work incentives based on annual …