We empirically investigate how two-tier unemployment compensation schemes affect the profile of re-employment hazards … declines. For the long-term unemployed, we find none and for certain groups of job seekers even negative impacts on the re-employment …. We exploit the aggravation of an existing two-tier scheme in Germany in 2005 and estimate its impact on re-employment …

policies for the welfare state are analysed: Unemployment accounts, employment subsidies and flexicurity. Finally, a new …

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. …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …