Sanktionen sollen dazu beitragen, dass möglichst alle Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld (ALG) II den Pflichten gegenüber ihrem Jobcenter nachkommen, insbesondere dass sie sich um die Aufnahme einer Arbeit oder Ausbildung bemühen. Dabei sind die Sanktionsregeln für Unter-25-Jährige besonders...

Der Haushalt der Arbeitslosenversicherung bei der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) weist im Vergleich zu anderen öffentlichen Haushalten bei einem geringeren Gesamtumfang deutlich größere Schwankungen auf. Er reagiert insbesondere auf konjunkturelle Veränderungen. Dies betrifft sowohl aktive...

The divergences developed within the euro area represent the main threat to the existence of the single currency and to the stability of the EU as a whole. Without proper automatic stabilisers, a monetary union can only deliver suboptimal results and may not even be sustainable. In the recent...

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...

The Eurozone debt crisis has revived the debate about deeper fiscal integration in the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Some observers argue that fiscal risk sharing is necessary to make the Eurozone more resilient to macroeconomic shocks and to avoid its break-up. However, the main...

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...

Das IAB äußert sich in dieser Stellungnahme zu den Anträgen der Bundestagsfraktion Die Linke: "Schutzfunktion der Arbeitslosenversicherung stärken" (Bundestagsdrucksache 18/7425) und der Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: "Arbeitslosenversicherung gerechter gestalten und Zugänge...

The present dissertation aims at contributing to the understanding of central labor market mechanisms by analyzing open questions on the determinants of firms' labor demand, unemployed individuals' job search behavior and the state's role in shaping peoples' trust and, thereby, affecting labor...

Contrary to standard search model predictions, prior studies failed to estimate a positive effect of unemployment insurance (UI) on reemployment wages. This paper estimates a positive UI wage effect exploiting an age-based regression discontinuity in Austrian administrative data. A search model...

A key assumption in regression discontinuity analysis is that units cannot manipulate the value of their running variable in a way that guarantees or avoids assignment to the treatment. Standard identification arguments break down if this condition is violated. This paper shows that treatment...