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Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose: Chancen und Risiken
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Support schemes for unemployed aiming for self-employment have been recently reformed several times. In 2003, the "start-up subsidy" was added to the existing "bridging allowance". In 2006 both instruments were merged to the "Gründungszuschuss". Since the bridging allowance has been evaluated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703455
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Job Search Requirements for Older Unemployed: Transitions to Employment, Early Retirement and Disability Benefits
Bloemen, Hans; Hochguertel, Stefan; Lammers, Marloes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper, we use a recent policy change in the Netherlands to study how changes in search requirements for the older unemployed affect their transition rates to employment, early retirement and sickness/disability benefits. The reform, becoming effective on January 1st 2004, required the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804898
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An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation
Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Instrumental variable estimation requires untestable exclusion restrictions. With policy effects on individual outcomes, there is typically a time interval between the moment the agent realizes that he may be exposed to the policy and the actual exposure or the announcement of the actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763520
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Youth Unemployment in Belgium: Diagnosis and Key Remedies
Cockx, Bart - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In Belgium youth unemployment is structurally higher than the European (EU27) average, in particular for the low … are proposed as key remedies. In addition, youth should be entitled as of the start of unemployment to a low benefit based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884378
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Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany
Lechner, Michael; Miquel, Ruth; Wunsch, Conny - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new administrative data base that plausibly allows for selectivity correction by microeconometric matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822366
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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by nonparametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822611
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Before and After the Hartz Reforms: The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany
Jacobi, Lena; Kluve, Jochen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822976
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Migration, Redistribution and the Universal Welfare Model
Andersen, Torben M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The universal Scandinavian welfare model offers generous tax financed social benefits. The scheme is associated with workfare elements as a targeting device to direct benefits to those considered deserving. Thereby social insurance and egalitarian outcomes are achieved while work incentives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814476
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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Early Meetings and Activation
Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We analyze the effects of four randomized social experiments, involving early and intensive active labour market policy, conducted in Denmark in 2008. The experiments entailed different combinations of early and intensive treatment in terms of meetings and active labour market programmes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122190
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Unemployment and Subsequent Employment Stability: Does Labour Market Policy Matter?
Wulfgramm, Melike; Fervers, Lukas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper analyses the effect of unemployment insurance generosity and active labour market policy on reemployment … to identify policy effects at the micro and macro level. Empirical evidence suggests that unemployment benefit receipt is … associated with longer reemployment duration at the individual level. Furthermore, countries with more generous unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607876