Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … the transition rate into work and that such accepted jobs go along with lower wages. We also find a positive effect of a …

The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed … entitlement, has a negative impact on the job search activities of the unemployed increasing their unemployment duration. Despite … benefit duration on unemployment duration and post-unemployment outcomes. We find a spike in the re-employment hazard for the …

We analyse the re-employment probabilities of almost 330,000 Spanish men aged 20-59 years who began a unemployment … insurance (UI) spell between February 1987 and November 1991 using data derived from the national unemployment benefit … benefits has a relatively small disincentive effect on re-employment rates; (ii) re-employment exit hazards increase as UI …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …

increasing problems of youth unemployment with the active labour market programs 'JUMP' and 'New Deal for Young People' which are …This study deals with youth unemployment trends in Europe since the mid of the 80ths in general and regards individual … countries shows that the individual risk of (long-term) unemployment is not equally high for all young people, but rather …