We estimate the effects of initial labour market entry conditions on a range of subsequent job outcomes for men and women who entered the British labour market between 1991 and 2009, using data from the British Household Panel Survey and its successor Understanding Society. We find that the...

This paper exploits a substantial reform of the Dutch UI law to study the effect of the entitlement period on job finding and subsequent labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative data covering the full population we find that reducing the entitlement period increases the job finding...

Labour market policy, subjective well-being, reemployment stability, Europe, unemployment benefits, unemployment, social inclusion, job quality, active labour market policy, one-euro-jobs, treatment effects, duration analysis, multi-level analysis, ALMP. - This dissertation analyses the effects...