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(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …We develop a method to jointly measure the response of worker search effort (individual effect) and vacancy creation … market. The data indicate that the cut in Missouri significantly increased job finding rates by both raising the search …
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abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute … additional active labor market policy measures. The estimated effect of the reform on the survival function of the duration of …
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Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante threat of sanctions. We analyze the effects of vacancy referrals and …
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This paper examines the impact of housing tenure choice on unemployment duration in Belgium using EU‐SILC micro data … simultaneously estimate unemployment duration by a mixed proportional hazard model, and the probability of being an outright … the causal influence of different types of housing tenure on unemployment duration, we use instrumental variables. Our …
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approach provides accurate effect estimates, especially if time-varying variation in the unemployment rate of the local labor …
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regions to identify the effect of extended benefits on unemployment duration. Results indicate that the duration of job search …This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks … is prolonged by at least .09 weeks per additional week of benefits among men, whereas unemployment duration increases by …
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This paper investigates how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects the quality of post-unemployment … the contract (temporary vs. permanent), the duration of the post-unemployment jobs, or the wage earned in this job …. -- unemployment insurance ; potential benefit duration ; job separation rates ; post-unemployment wages …
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entitlement, has a negative impact on the job search activities of the unemployed increasing their unemployment duration. Despite …The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed … individuals. Standard search theory predicts that an increase in UI benefit generosity, either in terms of benefit duration or …
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find that for beneficiaries using the SF, the pattern of job finding rates over the duration of unemployment is consistent … strong support to the idea that UISAs can improve work incentives. -- Unemployment insurance ; unemployment duration …This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program …
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There is little evidence on unemployment duration and its determinants in developing countries. This study is on the … duration aspect of unemployment in a developing country, Turkey. We analyze the determinants of the probability of leaving …. -- Unemployment duration ; hazard analysis ; gender ; Turkey …
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