This paper studies the effect of unemployment benefits on the unemployment and subsequent employment duration using … heterogeneity. We find that recipients, relative to non-recipients, face lower exit rates from unemployment, while an additional … month in unemployment increases their subsequent employment stability. This positive correlation between previous …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … can be an effective tool to reduce unemployment in the long run, in particular if participation occurs early during … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …

The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed … entitlement, has a negative impact on the job search activities of the unemployed increasing their unemployment duration. Despite … the disincentive effect of UI on unemployment duration, UI benefit generosity may also increase job match quality by …

This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program … the form of unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) - so as to mitigate the moral hazard problem of traditional … unemployment insurance programs. Our study is the first one to empirically investigate whether UISAs improve work incentives. We …

incentives due to higher net earnings. Additional earnings during unemployment might lead to higher reservation wages prolonging … the duration of unemployment, yet also giving unemployed individuals more time to search for better and more stable jobs … evaluate the impact of marginal employment on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality, we consider a sample of fresh …

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 …

apprenticeship training have longer job durations. In contrast, the larger the number of unemployment and employment spells, the …

In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on …-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real …

potential participants. Our econometric analysis uses unusually informative data originating from administrative unemployment …

the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …