The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and …

Using new quarterly narrative evidence, this paper examines the macroeconomic impact of reforms of unemployment … benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL) in the euro area from a Bayesian narrative panel VAR. The approach … activity and employment. In contrast to UB reforms, the effects of EPL reforms on employment emerge only gradually. …

questions on the determinants of firms' labor demand, unemployed individuals' job search behavior and the state's role in …

We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI … had minimal effects on employment and earnings; these programs mainly induced the early exit of participants. The fourth … increased employment and earnings. Both early participant exits and effective job counseling underlie these impacts. We conclude …

for economies with either an earnings-related or flatrate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive … feature of the analysis is the comparison of both unemployment compensation systems in a two-country setting. It is … demonstrated that the performance of a system with earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment benefits depends on whether the labor …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working … makes people generally better off than being unemployed, but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction …. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits. …

passive employment policies consist of cash transfers for unemployed people. From a cyclical point of view, unemployment …The main objective of passive employment policies is to guarantee a certain level of consumption and well-being for … workers who lose their jobs. These policies also aim to assist the unemployed in searching for a new job and to improve the …