periods and the size of unemployment benefits on unemployment durations and post-unemployment earnings in West Germany. For … the unemployment duration, we estimate censored Box-Cox quantile regression, which is robust with respect to the … the length of benefit entitlement is only of minor importance for the duration of search unemployment and for post …

We estimate the effect of a shortening of unemployment benefit entitlements on unemployment duration. Previous studies … effect. We find evidence that the unemployed with higher pre-unemployment earnings are more likely to enter full …-in-differences ; unemployment duration ; unemployment benefits …