that reason, a policy increasing the social capital of the disadvantaged workers can increase the unemployment rate and …

on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs. …

unemployment insurance and lower levels of search intensity and output in the second setting. To decenralize these optima …-linear tax schedule and an appropriate level of unemployment benefits. According to the level of the bargaining power, taxation …

more heterogeneous. Moreover, in this region, the threat induces women to substitute sickness for unemployment benefits. …

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

We verify whether an income support policy for part-time workers in Belgium increases the transition from unemployment …

In this paper we evaluate the efficacy of Public Employment Services in Italy (PESs) in increasing the unemployment to …