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Hartz IV : starker Rückgang der Arbeitslosen, aber nicht der Hilfebedürftigen
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 85 (2018) 34, pp. 717-729
Die Zahl der Arbeitslosen, die Hartz IV beziehen, ist in den vergangenen zehn Jahren deutlich gesunken – und zwar stärker als die Arbeitslosigkeit generell. Obwohl ein großer Teil davon – inzwischen fast zwei Drittel – nicht über eine Berufsausbildung verfügt, haben vor allem wegen der...
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The impact of monitoring and sanctioning on unemployment exit and job-finding rates : job search monitoring and benefit sanctions generally reduce unemployment duration and boost e...
McVicar, Duncan - 2014
Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …
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Use of unemployment insurance and public employment services after leaving welfare
O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded …
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Should UI eligibility be expanded to low-earning workers? : evidence on employment, transfer receipt, and income from administrative data
Leung, Pauline; O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341908
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The impact of monitoring and sanctioning on unemployment exit and job-finding rates
McVicar, Duncan - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404867
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Use of unemployment insurance and public employment services after leaving welfare
O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418261
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Should UI eligibility be expanded to low-earning workers? Evidence on employment, transfer receipt, and income from administrative data
Leung, Pauline; O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418275
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Unemployment accounts and employment incentives
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, … - 2006
We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272954
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Unemployment accounts and employment incentives
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, … - 2006
We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB)systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272967
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Beschäftigungskonten für Deutschland
Boss, Alfred; Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
We present a proposal for reforming unemployment assistance in Germany through the introduction of unemployment … accounts (UAs). Instead of paying taxes that finance the unemployment assistance, employed people make ongoing contributions to … their UAs and can make withdrawals from these accounts during periods of unemployment. The aim of this policy proposal is to …
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