In many countries, reducing unemployment is among the most important policy goals. In this context, monitoring job …

did not affect total post-unemployment earnings indicating that the positive effects on job finding and job turnover …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate …