unemployment insurance coverage – a comparative analysis

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The authors thank Eelco Kappe * for his contribution at an early stage of the study.

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of unemployment insurance benefit sanctions in Germany Evidence from matched individual and regional administrative data* * I would like to thank Hugh Mosley, Andreas Mauer, Günther Schmid, Jaap de Koning and Agnes Blome for valuable comments and critique that considerably improved the paper. The usual disclaimer applies.

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