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Estimating Incentive and Welfare Effects of Non-Stationary Unemployment Benefits

Launov, Andrey - 2010

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits … aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using a German micro-data set (SOEP) allows us to discuss the effects of a … recent unemployment benefit reform (Hartz IV). The reform reduced unemployment by only 0.3%. Contrary to general beliefs, we …

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The Effects of Monetary Policy on Unemployment Dynamics under Model Uncertainty - Evidence from the US and the Euro Area

Altavilla, Carlo - 2013

surrounding the effects of rule-based monetary policy on unemployment dynamics in the euro area and the US. We employ a Bayesian …

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Market Externalities of Large Unemployment Insurance Extension Programs

Lalive, Rafael - 2013

program that extended unemployment benefits drastically for a subset of workers in selected regions of Austria. We use non … unemployment duration and probability of long term unemployment decrease. These effects are the largest when the program intensity …

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Female Labor Supply and Parental Leave Benefits - The Causal Effect of Paying Higher Transfers for a Shorter Period of Time

Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2021

We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects

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The Quantification of Structural Reforms : Extending the Framework to Emerging Market Economies

Égert, Balázs - 2018

non-OECD countries. The findings suggest that the quality of institutions matters to a large extent for economic outcomes …

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Effects of Employment Protection on Worker and Job Flows : Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform

Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019

This paper uses the Italian Social Security employer-employee panel to study the effects of the Italian reform of 1990 on worker and job flows. We exploit the fact that this reform increased unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 employees, while leaving dismissal costs unchanged for bigger...

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Estimating Equilibrium Effects of Job Search Assistance

Gautier, Pieter A. - 2015

Randomized experiments provide policy relevant treatment effects if there are no spillovers between participants and nonparticipants. We show that this assumption is violated for a Danish activation program for unemployed workers. Using a difference-in-difference model we show that the...

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Job Loss, Credit and Crime in Colombia

Khanna, Gaurav - 2019

We investigate the effects of job displacement, as a result of mass-layoffs, on criminal arrests using a novel matched employer-employee-crime dataset in Medellín, Colombia. Job displacement leads to immediate earnings losses, and an increased likelihood of being arrested for both the displaced...

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Regression Kink Design : Theory and Practice

Card, David - 2016

unemployment benefits on the duration of joblessness in Austria, and discuss implementation issues that may arise in similar …

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A Letter and Encouragement : Does Information Increase Post-Secondary Enrollment of UI Recipients?

Barr, Andrew - 2017

For individuals who experience job loss, enrollment in post-secondary programs may provide an opportunity to improve future employment outcomes. However, decisions to enroll may be hampered by insufficient information about the benefits and costs and the necessary steps and assistance available...

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