unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …

The Finnish unemployment rose in the early 1990 s from three to eighteen percent in four years. Unemployment has then … this unforeseen increase in unemployment. We then discuss the role of labour market institutions in the adjustment process … that has brought unemployment back to normal levels. We argue that these institutions cannot be blamed for the increase in …

risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …

considerably improve effectiveness: up to 20% more (less) time spent in (un)employment within a 30 months window. A shallow policy …

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited …

unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced … effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. The role of unemployment benefit … the PEA could have had an even higher impact on unemployment reduction if there had been less focus on long …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …