both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … can be an effective tool to reduce unemployment in the long run, in particular if participation occurs early during … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …

Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth … market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …

A key question in labor market research is how the unemployment insurance system affects unemployment rates and labor … 76% of declining unemployment after the reform, a fact unexplained by existing research focusing on job finding rates … causally link our empirical findings to the reduction in long-term unemployment benefits using a heterogeneous-agent labor …

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

outcomes of unemployed voucher recipients in Germany, along with the causal mechanisms through which it operates. It assesses …

The number of long-term unemployed in Germany has stagnated at around one million for several years. Despite excellent … labour market conditions, the long-term unemployment rate is well above the OECD average. Therefore, the "carrot and stick … reducing long-term unemployment and long-term basic income receipt. An important element is an activation strategy for long …

administrative data set from Germany and statistical matching techniques. Our treatment groups consist of unemployed persons taking … unemployment after program end we estimate the effect of keeping a subsidized job versus participating in training and taking up a …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … (ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

are limited and starting an own business is an opportunity to leave unemployment. However, the survival of firms in … and survey data and observe participants in two distinct start-up programs in Germany for five years after start-up as … well as a control group of unemployed who did not enter these programs. We add information on unemployment rates and GDP …