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Work incentives? Ex-post effects of unemployment insurance sanctions : evidence from West Germany
Hofmann, Barbara - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592330
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The effects of unemployment insurance on labor supply and search outcomes : regression discontinuity estimates from Germany
Schmieder, Johannes F.; Wachter, Till von; Bender, Stefan - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"This paper evaluates the impact of large changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) in different economic … UI during recessions do not lead to lasting increases in unemployment duration, nor can they explain differences in … unemployment durations across countries. We do not find any effect of increased UI duration on average job quality, but show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592394
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The effects of unemployment insurance on labor supply and search outcomes : regression discontinuity estimates from Germany
Schmieder, Johannes F.; Wachter, Till von; Bender, Stefan - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"This paper evaluates the impact of large changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) in different economic … UI during recessions do not lead to lasting increases in unemployment duration, nor can they explain differences in … unemployment durations across countries. We do not find any effect of increased UI duration on average job quality, but show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550278
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Work incentives? Ex-post effects of unemployment insurance sanctions : evidence from West Germany
Hofmann, Barbara - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537118
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Job search via social networks : An analysis of monetary and non-monetary returns for low-skilled unemployed
Krug, Gerhard; Rebien, Martina - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"Using a search theoretical model, we analyse the effects of the information flow via social networks (friends, relatives and other personal contacts) by comparing monetary and non-monetary outcomes in obtaining jobs via networks versus formal methods. Propensity-score matching on survey data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364667
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Beruflicher Wiedereinstieg von Frauen nach familienbedingter Erwerbsunterbrechung: Befunde der Evaluation des ESF-Programms "Perspektive Wiedereinstieg" des Bundesministeriums für...
Diener, Katharina; Götz, Susanne; Schreyer, Franziska; … - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"This report presents findings of the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the pilot program 'Perspective of Women's Re-entry into the Labor Market', conducted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). The pilot program aims at supporting the re-entry of women into the labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698204
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Active labour-market policies in Germany : do regional labour markets benefit?
Wapler, Rüdiger; Werner, Daniel; Wolf, Katja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2014
total number of outflows from unemployment into employment at the regional level. To answer this question, we use data for …-seekers subject to unemployment insurance. As microeconometric evaluation studies show, the search effectiveness of programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099832
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Assortative matching through signals
Poeschel, Friedrich - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"The matching of likes is a frequently observed phenomenon. However, for such assortative matching to arise in a search model, often implausibly strong conditions are required. This paper shows that, once signals are introduced, a search model can generate even perfect assortative matching under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592297
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Worker flows in Germany: Inspecting the time aggregation bias
Nordmeier, Daniela - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
steady-state unemployment dynamics. The reconsideration of German worker flows reveals that both the job finding rate and the … separation rate play an important role for German unemployment dynamics, but the job finding rate dominates in the long run …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592338
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Job search via social networks : An analysis of monetary and non-monetary returns for low-skilled unemployed
Krug, Gerhard; Rebien, Martina - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"Using a search theoretical model, we analyse the effects of the information flow via social networks (friends, relatives and other personal contacts) by comparing monetary and non-monetary outcomes in obtaining jobs via networks versus formal methods. Propensity-score matching on survey data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592469