normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that … employers encouraged their employees to use the bridge options unemployment or partial retirement instead of the early … retirement option for the long-term insured. Bridge options allowed employers to terminate employment considerably earlier than …

historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … speed and depth of the reforms are remarkable, mainly aimed at activating people by increasing their incentives to take up …

force participation is high and the unemployment rate is low (also for young workers). Among the unemployed there are … (financial) incentives. The outflow is much more difficult to affect, in particular we could not find any evidence of substantial … positive effects of active labor market programs (which are frequently offered in the Netherlands). -- institution ; incentives …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … speed and depth of the reforms are remarkable, mainly aimed at activating people by increasing their incentives to take up …