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How Do Different Entitlements to UnemploymentBenefits Affect the Transitions from Unemploymentinto Employment?

Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In Portugal duration of benefits is exclusively age determined while replacement rates are toall intents and purposes … uniform. We exploit differences in potential maximum duration ofbenefits for nearly matched pairs of individuals who differ in … age by one year and in potentialmaximum duration of benefits by three months... …

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Unequal Chances on the Transitional Labor Market:The Case of the Netherlands

Bijwaard, Govert E.; Veenman, Justus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The emergence of a transitional labor market offers new opportunities to workers, but at thesame time bears the risk of (new) inequalities. This paper deals with unequal chances on thetransitional labor market in the Netherlands, in particular for workers from the four largestimmigrant groups:...

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New Insights on Unemployment Duration andPost Unemployment Earnings in Germany:Censored Box-Cox Quantile Regression at Work

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wilke, Ralf A. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In light of nonstationary search theory (van den Berg, 1990), this paper estimates the effectsof benefit entitlement periods and the size of unemployment benefits on unemploymentdurations and post-unemployment earnings in West Germany...

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Selective Hiring and Welfare Analysis in Labor Market Models

Merkl, Christian; Rens, Thijs van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

Firms select not only how many, but also which workers to hire. Yet, in standard searchmodels of the labor market, all workers have the same probability of being hired. We arguethat selective hiring crucially affects welfare analysis. Our model is isomorphic to a searchmodel under random hiring...

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Unemployment Benefits or Taxes:How Should Policy Makers Redistribute Incomeover the Business Cycle?

Ek, Susanne - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

This paper studies optimal unemployment benefit levels and optimal proportional income taxrates over the business cycle. Previous research suggests that policy makers should makeunemployment insurance (UI) dependent on the business cycle because the UI system canbe used to smooth consumption...

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Do Unemployment Benefits Increase Unemployment? New Evidence on an Old Question

Fredriksson, Peter; Söderström, Martin - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and unemployment using Swedish regional data. To estimate the effect of an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) on unemployment we exploit the ceiling on UI benefits. The benefit ceiling, coupled with the fact that there are regional...

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How Viable Are Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts : Simulation Results for Slovenia

Vodopivec, Milan - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

By simulating the working of the unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) in Slovenia using a methodology similar to Feldstein and Altman (1998), the paper examines two questions: how viable is this system as an alternative to traditional unemployment insurance (UI) system, and how the...

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Contingent, Temporary Unemployment Insurance´sImpacts on Employment and Unemployment Durations

Shen, Kailing - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

durations using a duration model extended with heapingconsiderations and a recent Canadian panel data... …

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Social and Occupational Security andLabour Market Flexibility in Sweden:The Case of Unemployment Compensation

Lindquist, Gabriella Sjögren; Wadensjö, Eskil - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The Swedish labour market and social policy is aimed at facilitating flexibility in the labourmarket. The active labour market policy and the design of the social security pension systemare two frequently mentioned examples of that policy...

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Unemployment Insurance in Welfare States:Soft Constraints and Mild Sanctions

Røed, Knut; Westlie, Lars - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

regimes i.e., regimes with a high likelihood of requiredparticipation in active labor market programs, duration limitations …

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