justifies the application of a matching estimator but also allows to take account of threefold heterogeneity. The recently …

Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active …

results of propensity score matching indicate that training programs had a non-negative overall effect on the program …

labour markets, to show that the unemployment exit and job entry impacts of participating in a mandatory ALMP for unemployed … young people – the British New Deal for Young People (NDYP) – were negatively correlated with unemployment rates. …

transition out of unemployment. We show that rationing of the demand for training increases theunemployment duration of non …

We verify whether an income support policy for part-time workers in Belgium increases the transition from unemployment …

of transition out of unemployment. We show that rationing of the demand for training increases the unemployment duration …

more heterogeneous. Moreover, in this region, the threat induces women to substitute sickness for unemployment benefits. …

more heterogeneous. Moreover, in this region, the threat induces women to substitute sickness for unemployment benefits. …

programmes is more effective and for whom. Using unusually rich (for transition economies) survey data and matching methods, I …