In this paper I examine the rates at which adults in households recently receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded employment services. I also investigate the correlation...

The German Federal government has allowed some regions (Approved Local Providers) to be solely responsible for the care of long-term unemployed. The remaining regions had to form Joint Local Agencies, where the local social benefit administrations work together with the local public employment...

The German Federal government has allowed some regions (Approved Local Providers) to be solely responsible for the care of long-term unemployed. The remaining regions had to form Joint Local Agencies, where the local social benefit administrations work together with the local public employment...

Untersuchungsfeld 4 beschäftigte sich mit den Wirkungen unterschiedlicher Formen der Aufgabenwahrnehmung im SGB II auf regionaler Ebene. Die Ergebnisse von Schätzungen zeigen, dass die Wahrscheinlichkeit, den Leistungsbezug zu verlassen, für die von ARGEn betreuten Hilfebedürftigen höher ist.

We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal Employment Agency. We combine propensity score matching with a discrete-time hazard...