distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …

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 the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we …

Labor market frictions are not the only possible factor responsible for high unemployment. Credit market imperfections … European and US unemployment differ so much when labor markets have become more similar at the margin in Europe and the US. To …

This study analyses the effects of public sector sponsored vocational training on individual unemployment and … participation in public vocational training significantly decreases unemployment duration or increases employment duration. …