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Evaluating labor market reforms : a normative analysis

Poilly, Céline; Wesselbaum, Dennis - In: Journal of macroeconomics 39 (2014) 1, pp. 156-170

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Imperfect monitoring of job search : structural estimation and policy design

Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Launov, Andrey; Van der … - 2017

We build and estimate a non-stationary structural job search model that incorporates the main stylized features of a typical job search monitoring scheme in unemployment insurance (UI) and acknowledges that search effort and requirements are measured imperfectly. Based on Belgian data,...

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Imperfect monitoring of job search : structural estimation and policy design

Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Launov, Andrey; Van der … - 2017

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How demanding are activation requirements for jobseekers?

Immervoll, Herwig; Knotz, Carlo - 2018

This paper presents new information on activity-related eligibility criteria for unemployment and related benefits in OECD and EU countries in 2017, comparing the strictness of "demanding" elements built into unemployment benefits across countries and over time. Eligibility criteria for...

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Impact of welfare sanctions on employment and benefit receipt : considering top-up benefits and indirect sanctions

Hohenleitner, Ingrid; Hillmann, Katja - 2019

This comprehensive study on UB-II-sanctions in Germany, applying PSM, presents the ex-post effects of welfare sanctions … on several employment states for diverse (sub-)groups of employable welfare recipients. Besides unemployed, we also … to enter employment and to exit welfare, at least in the short run. The positive effects tend to work stronger in the …

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Do job seekers understand the UI benefit system (and does it matter)?

Altmann, Steffen; Cairo, Sofie; Mahlstedt, Robert; … - 2022

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...

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Labor Mobility of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language and Opportunities

Cohen, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - 2002

local language are very high, but imported skills have zero (conditional) return. Furthermore, the welfare gain from the …

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Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience : The Case of Female Immigrants

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - 2004

Do government provided training programs benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose between working or attending government provided training. Although theoretically training may have...

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Labor mobility of immigrants : training, experience, language and opportunities

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eḳshṭain, Tsevi - 2002

local language are very high, but imported skills have zero (conditional) return. Furthermore, the welfare gain from the …

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Modeling Financial Incentives to Get Unemployed Back to Work

Boone, Jan; van Ours, Jan C. - 2000

originates from the increased effectiveness of labor supply. We advocate that for a given loss in welfare for the unemployed …

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