In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market … participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …

three alternative approximations, first in an empirical model for the probability of unemployment and then in a set of …

We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour … out of unemployment insurance benefit receipt. We find evidence of a negative lock-in effect and a positive post …-treatment effect, both of which vary across individuals. The resulting net effect on the expected unemployment duration is positive for …

; flexible work arrangement laws ; European unemployment …

unemployment in the U.S. labor market. In the empirical analysis, we document that the similar cyclical behavior of involuntary … part-time work and unemployment masks major differences in the underlying dynamics. Unlike unemployment, variations in … from unemployment from a worker's perspective. We also quantify the welfare costs of cyclical fluctuations in involuntary …

the design of optimal unemployment insurance in an economy with unemployment as well as part-time unemployment. Part …-time unemployment provides income insurance and serves as a stepping stone to full-time jobs. Unemployment benefits for part …-timers increase the outflow from unemployment to part-time work but reduce the outflow from part-time work to full-time employment. We …