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...

We analyze the effects of four randomized social experiments, involving early and intensive active labour market policy, conducted in Denmark in 2008. The experiments entailed different combinations of early and intensive treatment in terms of meetings and active labour market programmes. The...

Mit dem SGB II fanden Elemente des New Public Management Einzug in die staatliche Beschäftigungspolitik. Der Erfolgs- und Wirtschaftlichkeitskontrolle dient ein aufwändiges Controllingsystem der Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Mit dem qualitativen Instrument offener Interviews wird untersucht, ob...

This paper estimates the causal effect of temporary work agency (TWA) employment on the subsequent probability of employment in the regular labor market. The main purpose is to estimate the stepping-stone effect separately for natives and immigrants, where the latter group potentially benefits...