people’s employment incentives and could achieve reductions in unemployment without reducing the level of support to the …

improve employment incentives without significant changes in the current redistribution scheme. We provide a detailed account …

after implementation of the Hartz IV law in 2005, we provide evidence for a positive impact of sanctions on employment …

improve employment incentives without significant changes in the current redistribution scheme. We provide a detailed account …

individual employment take-up can enable exits from benefit receipt, but also changes in household composition or household … employment-related exits from benefit receipt are more stable than others are. Labour market resources are important particularly … for employment-related exits, but do not safeguard former recipients from returning to benefit receipt. Among …

estimate the effects of the most important ALMPs on the regional exit rate from job-seeking into regular employment in a …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits. …

This paper examines the interactions between employment and training policies. Their effectiveness in stimulating … income may be interdependent for various important reasons. For example, the more employment policies stimulate the … employment rate, the greater the length of time over which workers use the human capital generated by training policies. Moreover …

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures … efficiency (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies that (a) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality …

This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …