"In Germany, so-called 'integration agreements' between labor market agencies and job seekers stipulate placement efforts of the Employment Agency as well as the job search requirements of the job seekers. A pilot project examines the effectiveness of such integration contracts. In this project,...

Wer sich arbeitsuchend meldet, schließt in der Regel eine Eingliederungsvereinbarung mit seiner Arbeitsagentur ab, um den Vermittlungsprozess transparenter und verbindlicher zu gestalten. Nach den Vorstellungen der Hartz-Kommission aus dem Jahr 2002 sollte dieses Vorgehen dazu beitragen, das...

Eingliederungsvereinbarungen zwischen Arbeitsagenturen und Arbeitsuchenden sollen den Vermittlungsprozess transparenter und verbindlicher gestalten. Ob sie tatsächlich dazu beitragen, Personen eher in Beschäftigung zu bringen, wurde bisher noch nicht wissenschaftlich untersucht. Dieser Bericht...

This paper investigates the impact of job displacement on women's first birth rates, and the variation in this effect over the business cycle. We used mass layoffs to estimate the causal effects of involuntary job loss on fertility in the short and medium term, up to five years after...

We analyze the impact of job displacement on women s first birth rates and its variation over the business cycle. We exploit mass-layoffs to estimate the impact of involuntary unemployment on fertility in the short- and medium-run up to five years after displacement. The analysis is based on...

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However, the possibility to report sick creates an additional moral hazard, since during sickness spells, minimum requirements on search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex-ante...

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However, the possibility to report sick creates an additional moral hazard, since during sickness spells, minimum requirements on search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante...

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However, the possibility to report sick creates an additional moral hazard, since during sickness spells, minimum requirements on search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante...

In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, jointly signed by the latter and the caseworker. IAs stipulate rights and obligations but are generally perceived as instruments to control search...

Integration Agreement (IA) are contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, nudging the latter to comply with rules on search behavior. We designed and implemented an RCT involving thousands of newly unemployed workers, randomizing at the individual level both the timing of the IA...