Klappentext: Von der Armenfürsorge des Mittelalters über die staatliche Sozialgesetzgebung bis zum Nebeneinander von privater und öffentlicher Vermittlung und Beratung zur Zeit der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit. Zusammengefasst in großen Zeitblöcken verfolgt die Schrift die Bemühungen zur...

Unemployment insurance is a key tool for risk sharing and redistribution and also a prominent automatic stabiliser. It is a volatile spending item by design, which can lead to vulnerabilities. This paper explores various shocks and sources of vulnerability of the unemployment insurance schemes...

The present paper models the behaviour of the unemployed and welfare organisations under contracting. Quality of service is observed by the unemployed, not the government, but quality signals extracted from participation choices allow the socially optimal contract price and program size to be...