theoretic framework. Utilizing an RD design, we analyse responses to a nationwide Swedish youth activation program. We find that … individuals with a high predicted probability of finding work respond to the threat of activation, whereas there is no effect for …

This paper studies how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects individuals' job search behavior and re … benefit duration from 12 to 15 months for recipients of age 50 to 54. Based on detailed survey data and difference …

Unemployment Insurance (UI) scheme in which job search requirements are imposed on UI recipients with hyperbolic preferences. We … claimants have the opportunity to withdraw from the UI scheme, their long-run utility can even be lower than in the absence of …

intervention was highly effective in reducing unemployment duration, but also spurred employment instability and withdrawals from …

Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI … recipients to stay unemployed. Empirical evidence about the effects of UI sanctions in Germany is sparse. Using administrative … data we investigate the effects of sanctions on the reemployment probability in West Germany for individuals who entered UI …

based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation … duration dependence in the exit rates to employment and potential depreciation in reemployment wages. We show that the main …