"In Germany, so-called 'integration agreements' between labor market agencies and job seekers stipulate placement efforts of the Employment Agency as well as the job search requirements of the job seekers. A pilot project examines the effectiveness of such integration contracts. In this project,...

"Die Integration von arbeitsuchenden Personen in den Arbeitsmarkt gehört zu den wichtigsten Aufgaben der Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik wie z. B. die Fort- und Weiterbildung von Arbeitsuchenden soll dabei helfen. Aber erst in diesem Jahrtausend wurde die Analyse der Wirkungen...

According to a study of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the ZEW and the IAT settling-in allowances for job introduction as well as for hard-to-place workers have a positive impact on employment prospects of subsidized workers. The study is part of the evaluation of recent labour...

"Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien (IEB) des IAB werden in Zukunft eine der wichtigsten Datenquellen für die Arbeitsmarktforschung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sein: Für Forschungszwecke können die Prozessdaten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit zu Zeiten der Arbeitsplatzsuche, des...

"In Germany, since 2005 needy job-seekers without access to earnings-related and insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I' are entitled to means-tested and tax-funded 'unemployment benefit II'. Several active labour market programmes support the integration of these needy job-seekers into the...

"In Germany, since 2005 needy job-seekers without access to earnings-related and insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I' are entitled to means-tested and tax-funded 'unemployment benefit II'. Several active labour market programmes support the integration of these needy job-seekers into the...

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...

Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, a number of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they are accurate, contain a large...

Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...