期刊名称：DIW Diskussionspapiere / Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
出版社：Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
摘要：We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the
unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to
unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal
Employment Agency. We combine propensity score matching with a discrete-time
hazard rate model which accounts for the dynamic nature of the treatment. We
find positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust
for men and women in East and West Germany. The effects diminish with the
elapsed unemployment duration until a sanction is imposed. The limited use of
benefit sanctions can thus be an effective activation tool if they take place
not too late in an individual's unemployment spell.
