COCKX, B.; DEJEMEPPE, M.; LAUNOV, A.; LINDEN, B. VAN DER - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2011
We develop and estimate a non-stationary job search model to evaluate a scheme that monitors job search effort and sanctions insured unemployed whose effort is deemed insuffcient. The model reveals that such schemes provide incentives to the unemployed to front-load search effort prior to...