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We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons … behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …
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Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI …. The results indicate positive effects on the employment probability in regular employment for both women and men …. -- Unemployment insurance sanctions ; dynamic matching …
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in geographical mobility, unemployment and labor market institutions. Rational agents vote over unemployment insurance … unemployment, low geographical mobility and high unemployment insurance, and one American steadystate featuring low unemployment …, high mobility and low unemployment insurance. …
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providing an employment subsidy to any firm hiring workers from the LM. Eligibility duration varies with the worker's age at … dismissal. We exploit the variability of these provisions to evaluate the impact of extending the duration of eligibility on re-employment …
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Several European countries have reformed their labor market institutions. Incentive effects of unemployment benefits … have been an important aspect of these reforms. We analyze this issue in a principal-agent model, focusing on unemployment … levels and labor productivity. In our model, a higher level of unemployment benefits improves the works position in wage …
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administrations work together with the local public employment services. We find that despite positive self-selection Approved Local … compared to Joint Local Agencies suggests that they underestimated the benefits of having the local public employment service …
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public unemployment insurance program requiring a significant premium payment. A safety net program--a less generous, means …
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filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), we perform two analyses. First, we assess whether workers … increase in a state-industry’s monthly unemployment rate. The effect is amplified in industries employing a larger fraction of … charges increases by more than 30% in response to a 50% cut to North Carolina’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program following …
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We estimate impacts of male job loss, female job loss, and male unemployment benefits on domestic violence in Brazil. We … increases in domestic violence. Exploiting a discontinuity in unemployment insurance eligibility, we find that eligible men are … increase in exposure of victims to perpetrators, with unemployment benefits partially offsetting the income shock while …
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