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Treatment versus regime effects of carrots and sticks

Arni, Patrick; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lalive, Rafael - 2015

Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and implementation of active labor market policies (ALMP) for the unemployed, resulting in variation of usage. This paper presents a novel framework in which this variation is used for the...

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The impact of active labor market programs and benefit entitlement rules on the duration of unemployment

Lalive, Rafael; Ours, Jan C. van; Zweimüller, Josef - 2000

transition rate to jobs increases for Swiss women but not for Swiss men. However, the job hazard rate is strongly reduced during … durations for women. (ii) Once the unemployment spell approaches the expiration of unconditional benefit entitlement the job …-hazard rate increases strongly, both for women and for men. (iii) There are important selectivity effects for Swiss females, but …

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Treatment versus regime effects of carrots and sticks

Arni, Patrick; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lalive, Rafael - 2017

Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and implementation of active labor market policies (ALMP) for the unemployed, resulting in variation in the intensity of usage per policy. This paper presents a novel framework in which this...

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Does job search assistance really raise employment?

Cottier, Lionel; Flückiger, Yves; Kempeneers, Pierre; … - 2018

We study how job search assistance (JSA) affects employment in a randomized pilot study with long run administrative data. JSA increases employment in the first year after assignment. In the second year, when most job seekers have left JSA, the employment gains evaporate, and even turn into...

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