unemployment forecast was estimated. For unemployed without such a forecast, the effect is much smaller. The paper also shows that …

This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions, i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits … as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements. In addition to the effects on unemployment durations, we … evaluate the effects on post-unemployment employment stability, on exits from the labor market and on earnings. In our analysis …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings … indicate that differences in culture explain differences in unemployment duration on the order of 20 %. Moreover, we find that …

We evaluate the effect of active labour market programs on the duration of unemployment in a reward or punish system …. In Switzerland, unemployment benefits are conditional upon program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. In … reduced during participation. Taken together, this leads to the conclusion that programs prolong unemployment duration for men …