unemployment benefit durations in selected regions of Austria that arguably affected ineligibles in treated regions through general …

benefit duration (PBD) within the German UI system, we find that longer PBD leads to longer actual unemployment duration for … for those individuals becoming re-employed. With increasing unemployment benefit duration, the founders’ outcomes in terms … unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI) policies on reemployment outcomes …

, ignoring self-employment. In this paper, we analyze how the potential duration of unemployment benefits, a fundamental design … of unemployment benefits, we find that longer potential benefit duration implies longer actual unemployment and, as a …Business creation is economically important, and unemployment precedes the creation of a substantial share of new firms …

reducing the generosity of unemployment benefits decreases wages, fosters employment and augments competitiveness as well as …