This paper estimates the relative efficiency of eight Swedish labor market programs in reducing the unemployment … duration for participants. The analysis uses a hazard regression model and a uniquely large and rich administrative data set …

, employment, and post-unemployment earnings using register data that contain PES and case-worker identifiers for about 130,000 job …Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and … (carrots) and restrictive (sticks) programs. We apply this to contrast regime and treatment effects on unemployment durations …

) programs. We apply this to contrast regime and treatment effects on unemployment durations, employment, and postunemployment …Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and … intensive carrots and sticks regimes each reduce unemployment durations, but with carrots regimes this raises earnings whereas …

certain state (e.g. unemployment) to be eligible for a treatment, treatments may commence at different points in time, and the … earnings in subsequent employment. Any evaluation needs to take into account that some of those who are not trained at a … certain time in unemployment will leave unemployment before training while others will be trained later. We are interested in …

Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift in 2005 … evidence for whether an intended positive effect of benefit sanctions on employment entry of welfare recipients has been bought … draw causal inference of sanction enforcements on unemployment exit hazards. Based on a novel survey sample covering the …

remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster … employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during … unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the …

remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster … employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during … unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …. However, they increase the expected unemployment duration if they are started early during unemployment. This negative short …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …. However, they increase the expected unemployment duration if they are started early during unemployment. This negative short …