We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate. …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate. …

Swiss policy makers created a unique link between unemployment benefits and Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by … making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of … Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we …

Swiss policy makers created a unique link between unemployment benefits and Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by … making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of … Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we …