with job search requirements. It shortened unemployment spells through faster job entry, but also through more exits from … the labour force in the 2 years following treatment. The duration of unemployment was reduced for a number of subgroups of … time out of the labour force. The quality of jobs after unemployment, measured by wages, did not change. A cost …

unemployment benefits. Will social welfare rise as a result? Will some groups be winners and other groups be losers? Will the …

vor der Hartz-IV-Reform implementiert wurde, einen viel größeren Beitrag zur Verringerung der Arbeitslosigkeit leistete. … Germany. While the reforms consisted of four parts, it was especially the reform of the unemployment benefit system - the … year earlier, was much more successful in reducing unemployment. The reorganisation or the BA accounts for around 20% of …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …