This article examines heterogeneity in the effect of unemployment on social participation. Whereas existing studies on …) based on entropy balancing and focus on unemployment due to plant closures. Using German panel data, we show that the effect … of unemployment varies across the distribution of public social activities. It is large and negative for individuals in …

changes is, nonetheless, strongly debated. We contribute to this discussion by analyzing the effect of unemployment on LOC … unemployment. Overall, we find a significant shift in stated LOC due to unemployment. Because the effect is observable during … unemployment only and not heterogeneous with respect to individual characteristics or unemployment duration, we conclude that only …

with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …

This paper relates an individual's social capital and the length of unemployment spells of the very same individual … of unemployment. Our results show that an individual's social capital positively affects an agent's probability to take … up employment in the next time period. This implies social capital shortens the length of an unemployment spell …

with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …

respect to unemployment benefits is remarkably lower for risk-averse job seekers than for risk-loving job seekers. The results …

We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation … system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre … are eligible to means-tested unemployment assistance after the exhaustion of unemployment benefit, but not for those …

. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model …