focus is to explore how the conditions in the pre-displacement firm affect the duration of unemployment. The empirical … spent in unemployment. The heterogeneity of the signalling effect across various employee subgroups in the economy is also … and in particular by the conditions in the firms in which they were previously employed. -- unemployment duration …

focus is to explore how the conditions in the pre-displacement firm affect the duration of unemployment. The empirical … spent in unemployment. The heterogeneity of the signalling effect across various employee subgroups in the economy is also …

We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour … out of unemployment insurance benefit receipt. We find evidence of a negative lock-in effect and a positive post …-treatment effect, both of which vary across individuals. The resulting net effect on the expected unemployment duration is positive for …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empir- ical analysis is based on local … comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings …

unemployment to employment using detailed Danish event history data obtained from administrative registers. We find large positive …

the transition rate to work does not depend on the timing of the meeting. -- unemployment ; active labor market policy … unemployment to employment using detailed Danish event history data obtained from administrative registers. We find large positive … ; unemployment duration ; treatment effects ; meetings ; job search assistance ; case worker …

cases, in particular for steel workers, entering unemployment meant withdrawal from the labor force. Finally, we show that …This paper analyzes the impact of the Austrian Regional Extended Benefit Program (REBP) on the labor market outcomes … for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in reducing unemployment duration. Data from the Swiss … labor market allow making a distinction between the effect of a warning that a person is not complying with eligibility … positive effect on the exit rate out of unemployment. Moreover, the stricter the sanction policy the shorter is the duration of …

The potential duration of benefits is generally viewed as an important determinant of unemployment duration. This paper … evaluates a unique policy change that prolonged entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 … program was an endogenous policy response to a crisis affecting individuals with severe labor market problems. The main …