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. …

unemployment rates that have occurred in some OECD countries. Advances in information technology which facilitate matching job … technology; eligibility conditions for unemployment benefits; job guarantees for the long-term unemployed and other strategies of … intervention in the unemployment spell; and improving the accountability of the Public Employment Service through external audits …

This paper quantifies the impact of the Hartz reforms on matching efficiency, using monthly SOEP gross worker flows … (1983-2009). We show that, until the early 2000s, close to 60% of changes in the unemployment rate are due to changes in the … the outflow rate (job finding) has been steadily increasing. This indicates that matching efficiency has improved …

In this paper I analyze the relationship between unemployment and criminal activity. Using a unique panel data set on … German counties covering the years 2003 to 2009, I estimate the effect of unemployment on crime rates for different kind of … effects. To circumvent the endogeneity of the unemployment rate in the structural equation of interest I interact two sources …