.1 percentage points among women. The reforms had large spillover effects to the unemployment insurance program but negligible … effects on disability insurance claims. Specifically, unemployment increased by roughly 10 percentage points both among men … government expenditures would have amounted to 264 million Euros per year. Due to higher unemployment insurance claims and …

differences across countries. In the major European countries, unemployment has increased dramatically over the past two decades …

shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …

force participation is high and the unemployment rate is low (also for young workers). Among the unemployed there are … different reforms. Where possible we provide an international comparison. We find that inflow into benefits programs responds to …

This paper studies effects of unemployment and labour market programmes on real wages in the Czech and Slovak Republics … unemployment elasticity of pay is, however, higher in the Slovak Republic, than in the Czech Republic. The wage subsidy and the …

unemployment forecast was estimated. For unemployed without such a forecast, the effect is much smaller. The paper also shows that …