Mueller, Eva; Wilke, Ralf A.; Zahn, Philipp - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 227 (2007) 1, pp. 65-86
In 1997, the German government enacted a reform of the unemployment insurance system which lead to a reduction of the maximum entitlement length for unemployment benefits of the older unemployment in the subsequent years. This paper analyses the effects of this reform on the risk of unemployment...