@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp469,
            	author={Lalive, Rafael and Ours, Jan C. van and Zweimüller, Josef},
            	title={The Effect of Benefit Sanctions on the Duration of Unemployment},
            	year={2002},
	month={Apr},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={469},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp469},
	abstract={This paper investigates the effectiveness of benefit sanctions in reducing unemployment
duration. Data from the Swiss labor market allow making a distinction between the effect of a
warning that a person is not complying with eligibility requirements and the effect of the
actual enforcement of a benefit sanction. We find that both warning and enforcement have a
positive effect on the exit rate out of unemployment. Moreover, the stricter the sanction policy
the shorter is the duration of unemployment of the non-sanctioned. This can be taken as
evidence of a strong ex-ante effect of a strict sanction policy.},
	keywords={benefit sanctions;unemployment duration;monitoring},
            }