unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced … effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. The role of unemployment benefit … the PEA could have had an even higher impact on unemployment reduction if there had been less focus on long …

matching and unemployment. Based on two microeconomic datasets, we show that the market share of the Federal Employment Agency …Our paper aims at improving the understanding for the role of public employment agencies in job matching. We analyze … activities of the Federal Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline of unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved …

restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment …Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline in unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …

restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment …Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline of unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …

restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment …Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline in unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …

unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced … effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the observed post-reform unemployment decline. The role of unemployment benefit … the PEA could have had an even higher impact on unemployment reduction if there had been less focus on long …

-employment duration, unemployment duration, and re-employment wages in the case of job displacements due to firm closures. We use … unemployment, but not in terms of wages, compared to males. Policymakers may consider the importance of implementing diverse …