reduced the generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We use a model with different unemployment durations, where the … the existing disagreement in the macroeconomic literature on the unemployment effects of Hartz IV. We find that Hartz IV … was a major driver for the decline of Germany's unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal …

generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We propose a model with different unemployment durations, where the reform …'s steady state unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect were nearly of equal importance. In addition, we provide …

In this paper we investigate whether the extension of the entitlement to unemployment benefits in the mid 80s can … explain the increase in the unemployment rates of unskilled and elder workers in western Germany. To answer this question we … unemployment among unskilled workers …

unemployment benefits. We use the 1999 unemployment insurance reform of Portugal, a quasi-natural experiment. The reform increased … the maximum duration of benefits for three groups of agents and maintained all features of the unemployment insurance for … successfully predicts the effects on the unemployment rate, the labor force participation, and the levels of unemployment and …