. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model …

Using Portuguese data, this paper investigates the effects of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and …

involves conditioning elapsed duration on completed unemployment duration in the reservation wage equation. Our analysis … duration coefficient suggests that higher reservation wages negatively influence the probability of exiting unemployment. …

us to assess the effect of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and, in a new departure, the impact of …

This paper uses a unique Portuguese data set to examine the effect of unemployment benefit receipt and maximum duration … of benefits on escape rates from unemployment. The focus is on the time profile of transitions out of unemployment. The … disincentive effects of the unemployment benefit system is reported. This result obtains both in general and for the various …

. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, repeated observations on the same individual provide …

This paper examines the determinants of unemployment duration in the framework of a competing risks model, where the … populations is also controlled for. Access to unemployment benefits and age are accorded special emphasis because of their …