appears that the activation program is very effective. The median unemployment duration of the control group is 14 weeks …

justifies the application of a matching estimator but also allows to take account of threefold heterogeneity. The recently …

market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the …

heterogeneity into account.Our results indicate that participation in JCS increases the unemployment duration mainly due to profound … leave unemployment quicker than other groups, which results in highly skilled women benefiting from participation. However …, we find no significant impact on post-unemployment employment stability. Our results are robust to allowing for random …

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 …

In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of …. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates …

justifies the application of a matching estimator and allows to account for individual (group-specific) and regional effect … decisions which have to be made during implementation of the matching estimator, e.g. choosing the matching algorithm or …