received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …

In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment …

We study how job seekers' understanding of complex unemployment benefit rules affects their labor market performance … unemployment benefit rules and their personal benefit entitlements. Second, we show that a low-cost information strategy using a …

efficient to intervene earlier in order to prevent long-term unemployment rather than to cure it, the climate of austerity in … of the unemployment spell. It comprises of a collective information session followed by a short one-on-one interview. In … in the first four months after the start of the unemployment spell, and the early intervention seems especially …

Caseworker meetings have been shown to accelerate exit from unemployment. We explore whether they are also effectual … before entering unemployment. In a natural field experiment, we offer caseworker meetings to workers at risk of losing their … meeting forward but has no effect on entry into unemployment or on labour market outcomes within one year. The intervention …

. The data are from a randomized experiment conducted in the Netherlands. They include registers of post-unemployment … monitoring effects on post-unemployment outcomes. We find that the option to climb the job ladder reduces substitution between … search channels during unemployment and compensates for adverse long-run effects of monitoring on wages. We use the …