Swiss policy makers created a unique link between unemployment benefits and Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by … Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we … making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of …

In this paper we look at the effects of immigration and trade with Eastern Europe on unemployment in Austria. Using … possible detrimental impacts in unemployment entry effects and unemployment duration effects. We find that unemployment entry … immigration effect on unemployment duration. Within almost all subgroups there is a significant increase in the length of …

It is frequently argued that unemployment plays a crucial role for the occurrence of right-wing extremist crimes. We … unemployment is high. The big difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to … differences in unemployment. This finding reinforces the importance of unemployment as an explanatory factor for right-wing crime …

technology growth and institutional variables affect equilibrium wage inequality, income shares and unemployment. Next, it … explain a significant part of the differential rise in unemployment and capital share and some of the differential dynamics in …