In 2005, the unemployment compensation for long-term unemployed was reduced in Germany. We examine how this reform … affected the transition probability to employment. Additionally, we inspect how this effect varies over unemployment duration … raised the transition probability of short-term unemployed. The effect is even higher, the longer the unemployment duration …

exit hazard from unemployment, and to a 2.5 percent decrease in the drop out hazard. It is also associated with a 0.5 EUR …

Frühverrentung als arbeitsmarktpolitisches Instrument mit erheblichen Auswirkungen auf die Sozialversicherung. Der Zusammenhang … Sozialversicherung - sowohl die Finanzierung als auch der Erwerb von Ansprüchen auf Sozialleistungen an die Erwerbstätigkeit anknüpfen …

unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent labour market reform in Germany we find that an improved … agency explains substantial part of the observed post-reform unemployment decline: 34%. If disincentive effects of the agency … discussed unemployment benefits. …

Eurozone. We discuss different alternatives how an unemployment insurance system for the euro area could be designed and run …