This paper examines whether or not a prolonged unemployment period can raise the quality of job matching after … unemployment. We focus on job tenure as an indicator of a good quality job match after unemployment. We match two sets of Japanese … seekers receiving unemployment insurance, and the other includes information about job seekers applying for jobs.We first show …

unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large … activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012, a time of very high unemployment. This programme required specific … unemployment benefit recipients to meet jobcentre caseworkers and then participate in active labour market policies. Our analysis …

This paper studies how changes in extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefit affect the duration of unemployment. We … range of 44-46 who entered unemployment in the same month in the same year, we find that longer maximum benefit durations do … not lead to a decrease in the jobless hazard; the duration of unemployment is not prolonged among jobseekers who have …

In most countries, the unemployed are entitled to unemployment benefits only if they have previously worked a minimum … period of time. This institutional feature creates a sharp change at eligibility in the disutility from unemployment and may … relatively long period to collect benefits. We find that monthly transitions from employment to unemployment increase by 10% as …