sanctions insured unemployed whose effort is deemed insufficient. The model reveals that such schemes provide incentives to the … unemployed to front-load search effort prior to monitoring. This causes the job finding rate to increase above the post sanction …

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on unemployment benefit sanctions. The experimental set …-up allows us to distinguish between the effect of benefit sanctions once they are imposed (the ex post effect) and the effect … that unemployed want to avoid getting a benefit sanction imposed (the ex ante effect). We find that both effects matter …

effort and benefit sanctions if observed search is deemed insufficient. We find that introducing monitoring and sanctions … featuring indefinite payments of benefits and a system with a time limit on unemployment benefit receipt. The optimal sanction … rates implied by our calibrated model are much higher than the sanction rates typically observed in European labor markets. …

This paper investigates the effect of sanctions of unemployment insurance benefits on the exit rate from unemployment … for a sample of Danish unemployed. According to the findings are that even moderate sanctions have rather large effects …. For both males and females the exit rate increases by more than 50% following imposition of a sanction. The paper exploits …

punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate. …

, such as activation and sanction measures, have proven to provide cost-effective results during normal times. …