In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment …

labor market to compare unemployment insurance (UI) expansions and payroll subsidies. In isolation, payroll subsidies that …

consider individuals up to three months before the envisaged termination of their employment and we study effects of pre-unemployment …-to-be unemployed. This is driven by workers with a relatively high unemployment risk following registration. Thus, the policies …

In response to the 2007-09 "Great Recession," the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment benefits was increased from the … microdata from the Current Population Survey. I find that a 10-week extension of UI benefits raises unemployment duration by …

unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large … activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012, a time of very high unemployment. This programme required specific … unemployment benefit recipients to meet jobcentre caseworkers and then participate in active labour market policies. Our analysis …