This paper studies how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects early job search behavior and re …-employment outcomes. We exploit an unexpected reform of the German unemployment insurance (UI) scheme in 2008, which increased the … duration of individuals entering UI after the reform. Among individuals who got treated at later stages of their unemployment …

This paper studies how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects individuals’ job search behavior and re …-employment outcomes. We exploit an unexpected reform of the German unemployment insurance scheme in 2008, which increased the potential … over the first two months of unemployment. Treatment effects on the reservation wage are positive but statistically …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … estimates to simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response, which implies almost … a one percentage point decline in the unemployment rate, closely approximates the estimated change in the unemployment …

Recent papers identify the effects of unemployment insurance and potential benefit duration (PBD) on unemployment … dynamic treatment effects and mediation analyses, we find PBD to affect wages even for workers who do not change unemployment …

This paper discusses the effects of a higher unemployment benefit replacement rate on unemployment durations …, employment and earnings. A reform of the Swiss unemployment insurance in July 2003 increased the replacement rate by up to 5 … approach. The increase in the replacement rate increased unemployment durations, while it did not affect post-unemployment …

The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in a … productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant. The only …

This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor … lengthen nonemployment spells and decrease time spent in part-time unemployment, and thus result in more full-time unemployment …. Also the re-employment probability and post-unemployment wage are negatively affected. The results for the duration of the …