This paper studies the effect of increased immigration in Austria on the unemployment risk of young natives. Austria … from former Yugoslavia). We concentrate on unemployment entry of young male workers, who are supposed to compete most …

We provide new evidence on the effect of the unemployment insurance (UI) weekly benefit amount on unemployment …

This paper investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in reducing unemployment duration. Data from the Swiss … labor market allow making a distinction between the effect of a warning that a person is not complying with eligibility … positive effect on the exit rate out of unemployment. Moreover, the stricter the sanction policy the shorter is the duration of …