Job Search, Unemployment Insurance and Active Labour Market Policy: How Do They Shape the Labour Market?. WIFO Research Seminar

19.02.2025

12:30-13:30

Job Search, Unemployment Insurance and Active Labour Market Policy: How Do They Shape the Labour Market?

WIFO Research Seminar

Organised by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research

Speaker:
Andrea Weber (Central European University)

Language: English

WIFO, Helene-Lieser-Saal or online via MS Teams

This presentation builds on lessons from the chapter in the Handbook of Labor Economics (Volume 5).

Participation via MS Teams

Weber and her colleagues present a comprehensive overview of how labour economists understand job search among the unemployed and how job search is shaped by unemployment insurance (UI) and active labour market policies (ALMP). Then they synthesise key lessons from empirical research of the last decade.