reduction of unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany as … background we find that the role of unemployment benefit reduction for the re- duction of unemployment is very modest (7% of the …%) of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. If disincentive effects of PEA reforms had been avoided, the effect …

der Arbeitslosigkeit. Gleichzeitig waren die anderen Reformen, Hartz I bis Hartz III, umso hilfreicher. …

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment bene … the aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using a German micro-data set (SOEP) allows us to discuss the … effects of a recent unemployment bene?t reform (Hartz IV). The reform reduced unemployment by only 0.3%. Contrary to general …