Do unemployment insurance and social assistance payments have disincentive effects on job seeking behavior and the … duration of unemployment in the Slovak Republic? The evidence suggests they do …

"The paper tests three hypotheses about the causes of unemployment in the Central-East European transition economies … and in a benchmark market economy (Western part of Germany). The first hypothesis (H1) is that unemployment is caused by … inefficient matching. Hypothesis 2 (H2) is that unemployment is caused by low demand. Hypothesis 3 (H3) is that restructuring is …