Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in …, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection … and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of …

Refugees, and immigrants more generally, often do not have access to all jobs in the labor market. We argue that … restrictions on employment opportunities help explain why immigrants have lower employment and wages than native citizens. To test … market restrictions, and linked register data 1999-2016. We document large negative employment and earnings effects of …

This paper studies the effect of two labor market institutions, unemployment insurance (UI) and job search assistance … search unemployment, skill depreciation during unemployment, and idiosyncratic as well as aggregate labor market risk. The …

We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI … had minimal effects on employment and earnings; these programs mainly induced the early exit of participants. The fourth … increased employment and earnings. Both early participant exits and effective job counseling underlie these impacts. We conclude …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …

reduction of unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany as …To which extent does an increase in operating effectiveness of public employment agencies on the one hand and a … background we find that the role of unemployment benefit reduction for the reduction of unemployment is very modest (7% of the …

offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor market impacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance … (UI), and employment protection legislation (EPL). It is argued that research on UI is largely a success story, involving … market behavior, in particular the duration of unemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the …

Specialized Employment Survey 1998-2001, we estimate a quasi-experimental difference-in-difference model. We find that this …

utilizing STW tend to have higher wages, be larger, and have falling employment even before STW take-up. More adverse selection … benefit duration (PBD). Workers above retirement age, ineligible for STW, have identical employment trajectories compared to … did not secure employment at treated firms 12 months after take-up, with minimal heterogeneity across worker …