for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …-experimental situation from which a lot can be learned about the impact of unemployment insurance rules on the dynamics of employment …, unemployment, and wages. We find that the REBP led to a tremendous increase in unemployment, which was due to both an increase in …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings … indicate that differences in culture explain differences in unemployment duration on the order of 20%. Moreover, we find that …

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local … political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings … indicate that differences in culture explain differences in unemployment duration on the order of 20 %. Moreover, we find that …

This paper studies how changes in the two key parameters of unemployment insurance – the benefit replacement rate (RR …) and the potential duration of benefits (PBD) – affect the duration of unemployment. In 1989, the Austrian government made … unemployment insurance more generous by changing, simultaneously, the maximum duration of regular unemployment benefits and the …

This paper studies how changes in the two key parameters of unemployment insurance – the benefit replacement rate (RR …) and the potential duration of benefits (PBD) – affect the duration of unemployment. In 1989, the Austrian government made … unemployment insurance more generous by changing, simultaneously, the maximum duration of regular unemployment benefits and the …

Swiss policy makers created a unique link between unemployment benefits and Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by … making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of … Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we …

.1 percentage points among women. The reforms had large spillover effects to the unemployment insurance program but negligible … effects on disability insurance claims. Specifically, unemployment increased by roughly 10 percentage points both among men … government expenditures would have amounted to 264 million Euros per year. Due to higher unemployment insurance claims and …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

.1 percentage points among women. The reforms had large spillover effects to the unemployment insurance program but negligible … effects on disability insurance claims. Specifically, unemployment increased by roughly 10 percentage points both among men … government expenditures would have amounted to 264 million Euros per year. Due to higher unemployment insurance claims and …