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This paper provides evidence on the behavior of reservation wages over the spell of unemployment using high … to 24 weeks, we find that self‐reported reservation wages decline at a modest rate over the spell of unemployment, with … point estimates ranging from 0.05 to 0.14 percent per week of unemployment. The decline in reservation wages is driven …
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change in the unemployment rate. Many estimated effects are larger for males than females. Notably, strong evidence of …
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The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which an individual?s use of unemployment insurance (UI) as a …
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of labor policies (and other changes in the economy) on the composition of unemployment and on unemployment duration, as … well as on wage distributions. The effect of introducing a simple unemployment insurance scheme is then twofold. First, it … increases unemployment by allowing a greater proportion of low types not to match, which decreases output. Second, it decreases …
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We examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and unemployment using Swedish regional data. To estimate the … effect of an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) on unemployment we exploit the ceiling on UI benefits. The benefit … find fairly robust evidence suggesting that the actual generosity of UI does matter for regional unemployment. Increases in …
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50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … of 2.5; 5) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion …; 6) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI …
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receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …
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The paper describes and evaluates unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) - a relatively new and not well …-known way of providing unemployment benefits. The UISAs reduce work disincentives by allowing recipients to keep their own … unused unemployment contributions, and offer the possibility to extend coverage to informal sector workers. In addition, if …
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on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs. …
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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 … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …
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