In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, jointly signed by the latter and the caseworker. IAs stipulate rights and obligations but are generally perceived as instruments to control search...

Integration Agreement (IA) are contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, nudging the latter to comply with rules on search behavior. We designed and implemented an RCT involving thousands of newly unemployed workers, randomizing at the individual level both the timing of the IA...

Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...

Zum Jahresbeginn 2023 ist das neue Bürgergeld-Gesetz in Kraft getreten, wobei weite Teile der im vergangenen Herbst von Bundestag und Bundesrat beschlossenen Gesetzesänderungen erst zum 1. Juli des laufenden Jahres wirksam geworden sind. Mit dem Gesetz strebt die Bundesregierung eine...

Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...

Seit dem Jahr 2005 erhalten erwerbsfähige Hilfebedürftige, die keinen Anspruch auf das beitragsfinanzierte Arbeitslosengeld I haben, das steuerfinanzierte Arbeitslosengeld II. Verschiedene Maßnahmen aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik sollen den Übergang der erwerbsfähigen Hilfebedürftigen in...

Zum Jahresbeginn 2023 ist das neue Bürgergeld-Gesetz in Kraft getreten, wobei weite Teile der im vergangenen Herbst von Bundestag und Bundesrat beschlossenen Gesetzesänderungen erst zum 1. Juli des laufenden Jahres wirksam geworden sind. Mit dem Gesetz strebt die Bundesregierung eine...

Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, a number of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they are accurate, contain a large...