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

2.7 percentage points. On the other hand, the policy change had important spillover effects into the unemployment and … sickness insurance program. Specifically, the share of individuals receiving unemployment benefits increased roughly by 3 …

unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in reducing unemployment duration. Data from the Swiss … positive effect on the exit rate out of unemployment. Moreover, the stricter the sanction policy the shorter is the duration of … unemployment of the non-sanctioned. This can be taken as evidence of a strong ex-ante effect of a strict sanction policy. …