unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment …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 …

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. …

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 …

found to perform well. Empirical results are presented for total time outside the unemployment state for participants in the … significantly longer times outside the unemployment state. There are strong indications of selection effects. …

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 … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate. …