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Unemployment Insurance Taxes and Labor Demand : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Administrative Data
Johnston, Andrew C. - 2019
To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are, therefore, highest for firms after downturns, potentially hampering labor-market recovery. Using full-population, administrative records from Florida, I estimate the effect of...
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Estimating the effect of unemployment insurance compensation on the labor market histories of displaced workers
Jurajda, Štěpán - 2001
In this paper, U.S. data on labor market histories of displaced workers are used to quantify the effect of Unemployment Insurance Compensation (UIC) on both unemployment and employment durations. This results in the first available assessment of the effect that UIC has on the fraction of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401354
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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016
sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … estimate multi-spell duration models with selection on unobserved characteristics. We find that a vacancy referral increases …Ein Instrument zur Eindämmung von Moral Hazard in der Arbeitslosenversicherung ist die finanzielle Sanktion in Form …
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Market externalities of large unemployment insurance extension programs
Lalive, Rafael; Landais, Camille; Zweimüller, Josef - 2013
unemployment duration and probability of long term unemployment decrease. These effects are the largest when the program intensity …
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Unemployment insurance and underemployment
Godøy, Anna; Røed, Knut - 2014
Should unemployment insurance (UI) systems provide coverage for underemployed job seekers? Based on a statistical analysis of Norwegian unemployment spells, we conclude that the answer to this question is yes. Allowing insured job seekers to retain partial UI benefits during periods of...
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Market externalities of large unemployment insurance extension programs
Lalive, Rafael; Landais, Camille; Zweimüller, Josef - 2013
unemployment duration and probability of long term unemployment decrease. These effects are the largest when the program intensity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010196059
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Working to get fired? : regression discontinuity effects of unemployment benefit eligibility on prior employment duration
Martins, Pedro S. - 2016
distort the duration of jobs. In this paper, we evaluate this eligibility effect using a regression discontinuity approach …
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The causal effect of unemployment duration on wages : evidence from unemployment insurance extensions
Schmieder, Johannes; Wachter, Till von; Bender, Stefan - 2014
' reemployment wages on average, but did not affect wages conditional on unemployment duration. Resulting IV estimates imply … substantial negative effects of unemployment duration on wages of 0.8% per month. …
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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016
sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … estimate multi-spell duration models with selection on unobserved characteristics. We find that a vacancy referral increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449662
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The effect of unemployment benefit generosity on unemployment duration : quasi-experimental evidence from Slovenia
Vodopivec, Matija; Laporšek, Suzana; Dolenc, Primož; … - 2015
The paper analyses the effects of a 2011 increase in the unemployment benefit replacement rate on the job-finding rate of Slovenian benefit recipients. Using registry data on the universe of Slovenian unemployment benefit recipients, we exploit legislative changes that selectively increased the...
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