In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of … workers by proposing them retraining and job seeking assistance for a period of six months beginning just after the dismissal …

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 …

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 …

recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany's persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere …

participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …

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 …