Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...

Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...

Seit dem Jahr 2005 erhalten erwerbsfähige Hilfebedürftige, die keinen Anspruch auf das beitragsfinanzierte Arbeitslosengeld I haben, das steuerfinanzierte Arbeitslosengeld II. Verschiedene Maßnahmen aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik sollen den Übergang der erwerbsfähigen Hilfebedürftigen in...