Using administrative data records from the Spanish Employment Agency we examine whether or not there is evidence of state dependence in unemployment under benefits in Spanish young workers. For this fact, we use a mixed proportional hazard model that allows for state dependence through lagged...

This paper postulates that the effect of unemployment benefits on the hazard rates changes considerably using a traditional duration model that uses only unemployment insurance (UI) data, or deals with unemployment assistance (UA) as a mere extension of UI, instead of an extra time duration...

The objective of this paper is to investigate the causes of the recurrences of individuals in unemployment during benefit periods. So as to attain this objective, we use administrative data from the Spanish Employment Agency to estimate a duration model with multiple spells that allows for...