This paper studies how changes in extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefit affect the duration of unemployment. We … not lead to a decrease in the jobless hazard; the duration of unemployment is not prolonged among jobseekers who have … longer maximum benefit duration. This result is robust to shorter and longer tenure before entering unemployment. The non …

This paper studies how changes in extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefit affect the duration of unemployment. We … not lead to a decrease in the jobless hazard; the duration of unemployment is not prolonged among jobseekers who have … longer maximum benefit duration. This result is robust to shorter and longer tenure before entering unemployment. The non …

show a negative relationship between unemployment duration and the subsequent job duration. Restricting the sample to job … even greater negative effect of unemployment duration on the following job duration. The importance lies not only in the … duration of unemployment. If job seekers keep a high reservation wage and a low search intensity because of the benefits of …