In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on …-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …

The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an economic environment in … supplement to the current unemployment benefits, but also, as to make the worker more accountable, to finance active labour … market policies for the unemployed. Aside of this scheme, it makes sense to generalise the current scheme of temporary …

reduction of unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany as …To which extent does an increase in operating effectiveness of public employment agencies on the one hand and a … background we find that the role of unemployment benefit reduction for the reduction of unemployment is very modest (7% of the …

the most effective program to bring down unemployment. Public employment services have some impact while subsidized jobs …

structures of both employment and unemployment complements this study. …The paper provides an overview of institutional provisions and reforms regarding employment protection, active and …

setting where workers’ productivity depends on employment levels in all markets. This paper provides such a theoretical … labor market and fiscal policies. Simulation results focus on the effects of employment subsidies and in-work benefits and … on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs. …

most vulnerable groups into the labor market, in particular the long-term unemployed and the low skilled. There has been a … improved access comes with some limitations in terms of the quality of jobs and with respect to the upward mobility of those …

specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment … for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …

With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate …