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 … novel aspect of the study resides in its identification of six destination states, namely, open-ended employment, fixed …

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 … novel aspect of the study resides in its identification of six destination states, namely, open-ended employment, fixed …

Displaced Worker Survey. Transitions from unemployment to employment are modeled using a flexible representation of the baseline …This paper examines the effects of unemployment insurance on escape rates from unemployment using data from the 1998 … hazard function and allowing for discrete changes through time in the effects of unemployment insurance benefits, as well as …

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

Displaced Worker Survey. Transitions from unemployment to employment are modeled using a flexible representation of the baseline …This paper examines the effects of unemployment insurance on escape rates from unemployment using data from the 1998 … hazard function and allowing for discrete changes through time in the effects of unemployment insurance benefits, as well as …

impact of unemployment benefit rules and measures increasing the arrival rate of job offers are concerned. These key …

offers, the determinants of reservation wages, transitions out of unemployment, and accepted wages. In this exploratory … wages do decline with the jobless spell (and aggregate unemployment); that transitions out of unemployment exhibit strong …

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 … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …