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Unemployment Insurance, Starting Salaries, and Jobs
Dahl, Gordon B.; Knepper, Matthew M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study the labor market effects of permanent 23-50% reductions in unemployment insurance benefits available in seven states. Leveraging linked firm-establishment data, we find that establishments based in reform states experience 1.5-2.4% faster employment growth relative to the same firm's...
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Bringing Them In or Pushing Them Out? The Labor Market Effects of Pro-cyclical Unemployment Assistance Changes
Domènech-Arumí, Gerard; Vannutelli, Silvia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We exploit an unanticipated labor market reform in 2012 Spain to estimate the effects of pro-cyclical changes in long-term unemployment assistance (UA). The reform raised the minimum age to receive unlimited-duration UA from 52 to 55. Using a difference-in-differences design, we document that...
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When Institutions Interact : How the Effects of Unemployment Insurance are Shaped by Retirement Policies
Gudgeon, Matthew; Guzman, Pablo; Schmieder, Johannes; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper shows empirically that the non-employment effects of unemployment insurance (UI) for older workers depend in a first-order way on the structure of retirement policies. Using German data, we first present reduced-form evidence of these interactions, documenting large bunching in UI...
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Disemployment Effects of Unemployment Insurance : A Meta-Analysis
Cohen, Jonathan P.; Ganong, Peter - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We systematically review studies of how unemployment benefits affect unemployment duration. Statistically significant findings are eleven times more likely to be published. Correcting for publication bias halves the average elasticity. Meta-analysis provides a principled way for sufficient...
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The Search for Good Jobs : Evidence from a Six-year Field Experiment in Uganda
Bandiera, Oriana; Bassi, Vittorio; Burgess, Robin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
ability to find good jobs is of paramount importance. We do so using a field experiment tracking young job seekers for six …
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Spurring Job Creation in Response to Severe Recessions : Reconsidering Hiring Credits
Neumark, David - 2011
The continuing adverse labor market effects of the Great Recession have intensified interest in policy efforts to spur job creation. In periods when labor demand and supply are in balance, either hiring credits or worker subsidies can be used to boost employment - hiring credits by reducing...
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Active Labour Market Policies and the British New Deal for the Young Unemployed in Context
Van Reenen, John - 2003
The British New Deal for Young People began in January 1998. After 6 months of unemployment, 18-24 year olds are mandated to enter a `Gateway' period where they are given extensive job search assistance. If they are unable to obtain an unsubsidised job, then they can enter one of four New Deal...
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u* = √uv
Michaillat, Pascal; Saez, Emmanuel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Most governments are mandated to maintain their economies at full employment. We propose that the best marker of full employment is the efficient unemployment rate, u*. We define u* as the unemployment rate that minimizes the nonproductive use of labor--both jobseeking and recruiting. The...
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Updating about Yourself by Learning about the Market : The Dynamics of Beliefs and Expectations in Job Search
He, Qiwei; Kircher, Philipp - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This study documents how job seekers update perceived job-finding prospects by unemployment duration and by learning about aggregate unemployment. We find that job seekers perceive an 18% decline in their job-finding probability for each additional month of unemployment, but perceive a higher...
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Do Labor Market Policies Have Displacement Effects? Evidence from a Clustered Randomized Experiment
Crépon, Bruno - 2012
This paper reports the results from a randomized experiment designed to evaluate the direct and indirect (displacement …-step design. In the first step, the proportions of job seekers to be assigned to treatment (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% or100%) were … randomly drawn for each of the 235 labor markets (e.g. cities) participating in the experiment. Then, in each labor market …
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