) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in … Sweden. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy …

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 …

In Belgium school-leavers are entitled to unemployment benefits after a waiting period and eligible to intensified …

This paper evaluates the impact on the transition to work of a policy reform in Belgium that restricted the access to a … specific unemployment insurance scheme for young labor market entrants. This scheme entitles youths with no or little labor … market experience to unemployment benefits after a waiting period of one year. As of 2015, the Belgian government …

abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its …

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 …

a very detailed and flexible way. Information on job search behaviour, timing of unemployment and program start, as well …

Many countries support business start-ups to spur economic growth and reduce unemployment with different programmes …