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Designing disability insurance reforms: tightening eligibility rules or reducing benefits?

Haller, Andreas; Staubli, Stefan; Zweimüller, Josef - 2020

We study the welfare effects of disability insurance (DI) and derive social-optimality conditions for the two main DI policy parameters: (i) DI eligibility rules and (ii) DI benefits. Causal evidence from two DI reforms in Austria generate fiscal multipliers (total over mechanical cost...

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Opening the blackbox : how does labor market policy affect the job seekers' behavior? ; a field experiment

Arni, Patrick - 2015

Empirically, not much is known about the mechanisms how labor market programs like job search assistance and training operate to support finding a job. This paper provides novel evidence to open the "blackbox": it causally links the program interventions to the dynamics of search behavior,...

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Labour supply effects of a subsidised old-age part-time scheme in Austria

Graf, Nikolaus; Hofer, Helmut; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009

policy to allow flexible retirement options for the elderly with an aim to increase labour supply. According to our matching … negative. -- Evaluation of labour market programmes ; labour supply of the elderly ; nearest neighbour matching …

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Caregiving subsidies and spousal early retirement intentions

Costa-Font, Joan; Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina - 2022

Balancing caregiving duties and work can be both financially and emotionally burdensome, especially when care is provided to a spouse at home. This paper documents that financial respite for caregivers can influence individuals' early retirement decisions. We examine the effect of a reform...

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Labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the retirement age

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Hammerschmid, Anna; … - 2018

We evaluate the labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the early retirement age (ERA) from 60 to 63 for women. We use a regression discontinuity design which exploits the immediate increase in the ERA between women born in 1951 and 1952. The analysis is based on the German...

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Benefit entitlement and the labor market : evidence from a large-scale policy change

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002

This paper analyzes the impact of the Austrian Regional Extended Benefit Program (REBP) on the labor market outcomes for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 weeks for elderly individuals in certain regions....

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How effective are matching schemes in enticing low-income earners to save more for retirement? : evidence from a national scheme

Chan, Marc K.; Polidano, Cain; Vu, Ha; Wilkins, Roger; … - 2020

introduce targeted matching schemes. In this study, we examine the effects of a simple and generous Australian scheme using … proportion who contribute and bunching at the eligible maximum, but lower average contributions because the matching payment … highlight the difficulties of targeting matching schemes and question the merits of simplifying them. …

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The effect of the Hartz labor market reforms on post-unemployment wages, sorting, and matching

Woodcock, Simon D. - 2020

wage loss. Collectively, the sorting and matching channels explain almost all of the Hartz reforms' effect on post …

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The effects of reducing the entitlement period to unemployment insurance benefits

Groot, Nynke de; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2014

This paper exploits a substantial reform of the Dutch UI law to study the effect of the entitlement period on job finding and subsequent labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative data covering the full population we find that reducing the entitlement period increases the job finding...

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Market externalities of large unemployment insurance extension programs

Lalive, Rafael; Landais, Camille; Zweimüller, Josef - 2013

matching models and discuss the policy implications of our results for the EUC extensions in the US. …

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