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abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …
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abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492188
With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for welfare recipients aged younger than 25 years. For all types of non-compliance except for missing appointments, their basic cash benefit is withdrawn for three months. A second...
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wage, unemployment, and non-employment structures between 1988 and 1998, when both unemployment and non-employment rates … moderation on average. Although there have also been virtually no changes in the unemployment structure, the relative non …
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This paper uses an administrative dataset to analyze to what extent active labor market policies in the Slovak Republic have been beneficial for unemployed workers. The focus is on two types of temporary subsidized jobs and on training. Short-term subsidized jobs seem to be the most efficient...
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In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job...
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This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program … the form of unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) – so as to mitigate the moral hazard problem of traditional … unemployment insurance programs. Our study is the first one to empirically investigate whether UISAs improve work incentives. We …
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market policy. We analyze its causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by exploiting …-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a … diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration …
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both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … can be an effective tool to reduce unemployment in the long run, in particular if participation occurs early during … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …
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did not affect total post-unemployment earnings indicating that the positive effects on job finding and job turnover …
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