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 … individual unemployed workers are relevant, but also macro-spillover effects from the additional creation of vacancies, which …

for economies with either an earnings-related or flatrate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive … feature of the analysis is the comparison of both unemployment compensation systems in a two-country setting. It is … demonstrated that the performance of a system with earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment benefits depends on whether the labor …

provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For … degree of competition in the goods market and the institutional setup of the unemployment compensation system. Furthermore …

neutralised, for example, by imposing a constant wedge, the employment impact will depend on the nature of the unemployment …In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to … compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by …

reduction of unemployment benefits of those who get unemployed after the bargaining period leads to higher equilibrium …In dynamic wage bargaining models it is usually assumed that individual unemployment benefits are a fraction of the … average wage level. In most countries, however, unemployment benefits are instead tied to the previous level of individually …

We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We …

has both a higher inflow rate into unemployment and a higher efficiency of the matching process. While the combined effort …