Within the German welfare system, recipients' heating expenditures are generally fully covered by the government. This paper...

In the early eighties the Netherlands experienced a severe economic crisis with a pronounced rise of the unemployment rate. Not even...

The analysis is about the compulsory German unemployment insurance system (GUIS). It is known that GUIS has done nothing to prevent...

According to the principle of "promoting and demanding", Hartz IV should help unemployed people to live without transfers as quickly...

The paper is about the economically efficient design of financial transfers to the unemployed in a highly industrialized country....

In search of an efficient system of unemployment insurance the authors take a look at German history. ...

Comparing the unemployment insurance systems of the United States and of the United Kingdom it is shown that the US unemployment...

The authors suggest a dual-system model of private unemployment insurance that includes incentives on the side of employees as well as...

The German system of unemployment insurance has failed to prevent the rise of unemployment over the past decades. ...

It is analysed whether a system of private unemployment insurance is feasible, and if so, what specific features it should have. ...

The authors develop a system of private unemployment insurance that gives workers and employers equal incentives to reduce...

This study investigates how the digital revolution, which is characterized by artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and...

Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets,...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 115: In this paper it is explained why the rate of contributions to unemployment insurance should be reduced...

We examine determinants of immigration requirements in a public goods game experiment with endogenous groups. Initially, the game...