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This paper estimates a structural model of job search which accounts for utility costs and benefits linked to mandatory reemployment programs. The estimation uses data from a randomized experiment which generates exogenous variation in the threat of program participation. I use the compensating...
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In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment …
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Integration Agreement (IA) are contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, nudging the latter to comply with rules on search behavior. We designed and implemented an RCT involving thousands of newly unemployed workers, randomizing at the individual level both the timing of the IA...
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We examine the impact of household access to the internet on job finding rates in Germany during a period (2006-2009) in which internet access increased rapidly, and job-seekers increased their use of the internet as a search tool. During this period, household access to the internet was almost...
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labor market to compare unemployment insurance (UI) expansions and payroll subsidies. In isolation, payroll subsidies that …
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This paper examines the impact of an experiment in North Macedonia in which vulnerable unemployed individuals applying to a subsidized employment program were randomly selected to attend job interviews. Employers hiring a new employee from the target population receive a subsidy covering the...
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In many countries, reducing unemployment is among the most important policy goals. In this context, monitoring job …
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analyze the unemployment dynamics of job seekers with and without marginal employment, we consider an inflow sample into … unemployment and estimate multivariate duration models. While we do not find any significant impact on the job finding probability … probability of marginal employment at the beginning of the unemployment spell and an increased job finding probability for the …
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Unemployment Insurance benefit durations were extended during the Great Recession, reaching 99 weeks for most …-2014, we estimate the effect of extended benefits on unemployment exits separately during the earlier period of benefit …
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