We study how job seekers' understanding of complex unemployment benefit rules affects their labor market performance … unemployment benefit rules and their personal benefit entitlements. Second, we show that a low-cost information strategy using a …

We study how job seekers' understanding of complex unemployment benefit rules affects their labor market performance … unemployment benefit rules and their personal benefit entitlements. Second, we show that a low-cost information strategy using a …

individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are … evidence for an unemployment stigma determined by the contract type. …

Caseworker meetings have been shown to accelerate exit from unemployment. We explore whether they are also effectual … before entering unemployment. In a natural field experiment, we offer caseworker meetings to workers at risk of losing their … meeting forward but has no effect on entry into unemployment or on labour market outcomes within one year. The intervention …

individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are … evidence for an unemployment stigma determined by the contract type. …

received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …