Using a unique micro panel data set we investigate whether active labor market programs improve employment prospects …

, work experience placement, relief work, trainee replacement and employment subsidies. On the basis of a large and …. Outcomes being assessed are short- and long-term employment rates as well as the probability of collecting unemployment …’ employment probability in the short term (lock-in effect). Positive findings on more long term employment prospects are confined …

. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment rates, but a high proportion of non-workers say that they are not working …

Employment and wage subsidies are used to combat long-term unemployment, yet there is little research to guide the … study the effects on the probability of staying employed for those who find subsidized employment. Interestingly, the … positive employment effect of doubling the subsidy duration persists after the expiry of the employment subsidies. …

education shows positive effects for the unemployed with respect to both the employment probability and wages. To explain the …

-pationally disabled by the Public Employment Service. In this study we have investi-gated the determinants of being classified as …

job losers with disabilities not returning to employment but instead becoming disability retirees. Although the earnings …

evaluate the effects on post-unemployment employment stability, on exits from the labor market and on earnings. In our analysis …. Warnings do not affect subsequent employment stability but do reduce post-unemployment earnings. Actual benefit reductions …