driven by negative effects on unemployment and retirement insurance coverage. Our heterogeneity analysis reveals substantial …

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 …

market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …

the Great Recession. Because the cut applied only to new benefit claims, claimants whose unemployment start dates differed …-in-Difference analyses. While we find no impact on unemployment duration for those aged 20–21, the benefit cut significantly reduced duration …

unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large … activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012, a time of very high unemployment. This programme required specific … unemployment benefit recipients to meet jobcentre caseworkers and then participate in active labour market policies. Our analysis …

This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program … the form of unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) - so as to mitigate the moral hazard problem of traditional … unemployment insurance programs. Our study is the first one to empirically investigate whether UISAs improve work incentives. We …