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Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions : an effective Tool to shorten welfare receipt and speed up transitions to employment?
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2009
Benefit sanctions imposed on non-compliant welfare recipients are a new element in the German welfare system. In practice, the sanction policy and the application of sanctions vary considerably across the 439 welfare agencies. Based on combined administrative and survey data, these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902960
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Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system : do effects differ from natives and why?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; Aldashev, Alisher - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-20
We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and unique administrative data, we apply propensity score...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224802
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Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions : an effective tool to increase employment?
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-19
In Germany, imposition of benefit cuts for non-compliant welfare recipients depends on the policy of the local welfare …, whether a stricter use of sanctions will be effective in Germany. We analyze this question by exploiting the variation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417203
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Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions : An Effective Tool to Shorten Welfare Receipt and Speed Up Transitions to Employment?
Boockmann, Bernhard - 2009
Benefit sanctions imposed on non-compliant welfare recipients are a new element in the German welfare system. In practice, the sanction policy and the application of sanctions vary considerably across the 439 welfare agencies. Based on combined administrative and survey data, these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153503
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Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions – An Effective Tool to Shorten Welfare Receipt and Speed Up Transitions Employment?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; Boockmann, Bernhard - 2009
. Benefit sanctions are a partial or complete reduction of the benefit level for a certain period of time. In Germany, sanctions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200072
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Minimum wage in Germany : countering the wage and employment gap between migrants and natives?
Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2022
This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471874
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Minimum wage in Germany : countering the wage and employment gap between migrants and natives?
Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2022 - This version: December 30, 2022
This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479233
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Minimum Wage in Germany : Countering the Wage and Employment Gap between Migrants and Natives?
Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2023
This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262202
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Minimum Wage in Germany : Countering the Wage and Employment Gap between Migrants and Natives?
Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2022
This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264705