With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for … cut for three months. We analyze the impact of these sanctions on job search outcomes and on transitions out of the labor … job, but that these jobs go along with lower earnings due to first but not the second sanction. Moreover, first sanctions …

on economic sanctions: the Peterson Institute data base reported in Hufbauer et al. (Economic Sanctions Reconsidered, 2nd … definition of sanction contribution increase the success ratio in general and ultimately the share of sanctions that are judged … characteristics, including the positive impact of the costs of sanctions to the sender, duration of the sanctions and the sender …

appropriate level of job search activity, and by imposing sanctions for infractions. Empirical studies consistently show that job … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some … evidence that longer-term effects of benefit sanctions may be negative. …

conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The impact of the conflict on Russia may have been amplified by sanctions imposed by … rates, oil prices, actual and unanticipated sanctions, we provide evidence on the driving forces of the Ruble exchange rate … sanctions matter for the conditional volatility of the variables involved. …