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The engine immobilizer : a non-starter for car thieves

Ours, Jan C. van; Vollaard, Ben A. - 2013

precaution. Regulation made application of the electronic engine immobilizer, a simple and low-cost anti-theft device, mandatory … for all new cars sold within the European Union as of 1998. We exploit the regulation as source of exogenous variation in … theft. -- car theft ; government regulation ; crime ; victim precaution …

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The impact of active labor market programs and benefit entitlement rules on the duration of unemployment

Lalive, Rafael; Ours, Jan C. van; Zweimüller, Josef - 2000

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

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Modeling financial incentives to get unemployed back to work

Boone, Jan; Ours, Jan C. van - 2000

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of individual unemployed workers are relevant, but also...

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Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labour market reforms?

Belot, Michèle; Ours, Jan C. van - 2000

The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which the unemployment rate decreased a lot. A common...

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How to stimulate single mothers on welfare to find a job : evidence from a natural experiment

Knoef, Marike; Ours, Jan C. van - 2014

We present the results from a natural experiment in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two policy instruments were introduced: an earnings disregard and job creation. The experiment was performed at the level of municipalities in The Netherlands, a country with...

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How to stimulate single mothers on welfare to find a job : evidence from a natural experiment

Knoef, Marike; Ours, Jan C. van - 2014

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How a mandatory activation program reduces unemployment durations : the effects of distance

Graversen, Brian Krogh; Ours, Jan C. van - 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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The locking-in effect of subsidized jobs

Ours, Jan C. van - 2002

Recent evaluations of active labor market policies are not very optimistic about their effectiveness to bring unemployed back to work. An important reason is that unemployed get locked-in, that is they reduce their effort to find a regular job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the...

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How changes in benefits entitlement affect job-finding : lessons from the Slovenian "experiment"

Ours, Jan C. van (contributor); Vodopivec, Milan (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

"In 1998 the Slovenian UI system was drastically reformed. The reform reduced the potential duration of unemployment benefits substantially and simultaneously improved employment services offered to, and monitoring of, the recipients. We find that the reduction in potential benefit duration had...

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Effective active labor market policies

Boone, Jan (contributor); Ours, Jan C. van (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We present a theoretical and empirical analysis of different types of active labor market policies (ALMP). In our empirical analysis we use data on 20 OECD countries covering the time period 1985-1999. We find that labor market training is the most effective program to bring down unemployment....

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