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 feature of the successful countries is that they implemented a …

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

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 … originates from the increased effectiveness of labor supply. We advocate that for a given loss in welfare for the unemployed …