probability of leaving unemployment? The experiment indicates that a relatively large fraction (one third) of the referrals do not …, especially among young people. However, we find no significant impact on the duration of unemployment …

since the 2001 French unemployment policy reform (PARE). Several of the schemes are dedicated at improving the quality of … assignment of workers to jobs. As a result, it is necessary to assess their impact on unemployment recurrence as well as … unemployment duration. Using duration models and a very rich data set, we can identify heterogeneous and time-dependent causal …

Caseworker meetings have been shown to accelerate exit from unemployment. We explore whether they are also effectual … before entering unemployment. In a natural field experiment, we offer caseworker meetings to workers at risk of losing their … meeting forward but has no effect on entry into unemployment or on labour market outcomes within one year. The intervention …

der Arbeitslosigkeit. Gleichzeitig waren die anderen Reformen, Hartz I bis Hartz III, umso hilfreicher. …

The development of the unemployment rate di¤ers substantially between OECD countries.In this paper we investigate to …

restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment … Employment Agency did not contribute to the decline in unemployment in Germany. By contrast, improved activation of unemployed …