It is frequently argued that unemployment plays a crucial role for the occurrence of right- wing extremist crimes. We … unemployment is high. The big difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to … differences in unemployment. This finding reinforces the importance of unemployment as an explanatory factor for right-wing crime …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

It is frequently argued that unemployment plays a crucial role for the occurrence of right- wing extremist crimes. We … unemployment is high. The big difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to … differences in unemployment. This finding reinforces the importance of unemployment as an explanatory factor for right-wing crime …

.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 …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a … fact a significant positive relation between unemployment and rightwing criminal activities. We show further that the big … difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to differences in unemployment. This …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

.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 …