In 2005 a major reform of the German means-tested unemployment benefit system came into force. The reform aimed at … the outcomes regular employment, neither being registered as unemployed nor as job-seeker and no unemployment benefit II … participants. During the first two years after programme start, participation does not contribute to avoiding unemployment benefit …

This paper summarizes state unemployment insurance job search policies based on a recent survey of states by the … durations of insured unemployment. The paper documents how state administrative practices have changed and questions whether … search and service referral can affect insured durations of unemployment, these policies can also affect the measured total …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate …

total number of outflows from unemployment into employment at the regional level. To answer this question, we use data for …-seekers subject to unemployment insurance. As microeconometric evaluation studies show, the search effectiveness of programme …

introducing non-search activity requirements for unemployment benefit recipients. The Mutual Obligations Initiative (MOI) required … people aged 18-34 receiving unemployment benefits to undertake a range of non-search activities (e.g., volunteering, training … a lower incidence of unemployment benefit receipt in comparison to those whose fathers were not. More detailed …

the current measures in Slovenia in the area of activation of unemployment benefit recipients and it compares its formal … unemployment benefit eligibility, improving employment services, participation in active labour market policies, monitoring and … sanctions. The review lists several recommendations Slovenia should apply to activate unemployment benefit recipients, including …

We investigate whether and how the type of unemployment benefit institution affects productivity. We designed a field … spending some time on ancillary activities. First, we find that having an unemployment benefit institution, regardless of …-esteem, presumably due to the shame or stigma associated with receiving an unconditional unemployment benefit. We document the empirical …