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How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations : The Effects of Distance
van Ours, Jan; Graversen, B.K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009
In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more quickly. We show that the activation effect increases with the distance between the place of residence...
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How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs Quickly : Experimental Evidence from a Mandatory Activation Program
van Ours, Jan; Graversen, B.K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
.It appears that the activation program is very effective.The median unemployment duration of the control group is 14 weeks, while … it is 11.5 weeks for the treatment group.The analysis shows that the job finding rate in the treatment group is 30 …% higher than in the control group.This result is mainly driven by the more intensive contacts between the unemployed and the …
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The Effect of Benefit Sanctions on the Duration of Unemployment
van Ours, Jan; Lalive, R.; Zweimüller, J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092886
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How Effective are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit
van Ours, Jan; Arni, P.; Lalive, R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009
This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions, i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements. In addition to the effects on unemployment durations, we evaluate the effects on post-unemployment employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091808
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How Changes in Potential Benefit Duration Affect Equilibrium Unemployment
van Ours, Jan; Lalive, R.; Zweimüller, J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
This paper uses microdata to evaluate the impact of an increase in maximum bene.t duration on the steady-state unemployment rate.We draw on policy changes in Austria that extended maximum benefit duration from 30 to 52 weeks for individuals above age 50 and from 30 to 39 weeks for individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092279
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Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts : Evidence from Chile
van Ours, Jan; Hartley, G.R.; Vodopivec, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010
This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program. This is a unique, innovative program that combines social insurance through a solidarity fund (SF) with self-insurance in the form of unemployment insurance savings accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092397
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Punitive sanctions and the transition from welfare to work
van Ours, Jan; van den Berg, G.; van der Klaauw, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998
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Experiments on Unemployment Benefit Sanctions and Job Search Behavior
boone, jan; van Ours, Jan; Sadrieh, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090498
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Labor Market Effects of Unemployment Insurance Design
van Ours, Jan; Tatsiramos, K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
Abstract: With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate. In this paper, we review the recent theoretical and empirical evidence on the labor market effects of UI design. We also discuss policy issues related to UI design,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090698
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Monitoring and Sanctions
boone, jan; van Ours, Jan; Fredriksson, P.; Holmlund, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001
This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort among the unemployed is not perfectly observable.We examine to what extent the optimal policy involves monitoring of search effort and benefit sanctions if observed search is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092280