Exploiting changes in Denmark's unemployment insurance (UI) system — a ‘natural experiment' that reduced the period during which unemployed individuals could receive UI benefits without being activated — Geerdsen (Econ J 116:738-750, 2006) finds that long-term unemployed individuals are...

In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non-participants, we find significant positive effects of...

Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a...