. Also the re-employment probability and post-unemployment wage are negatively affected. The results for the duration of the …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 …

The well-known positive relationship between the unemployment benefit level and unemployment duration can be separated … effects on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality of a lump-sum severance grant provided to displaced workers, by … length of the completed unemployment duration, but no effect on subsequent job quality. My analysis also indicates that …

approach that exploits regional variation in unemployment and compares babies born to the same parents so as to deal with … unemployment rate during pregnancy reduces the probability of having a birth weight less than 1,500 grams or of dying within 28 …

effects of UI benefit duration in the form of across-border work patterns that are consistent with increased tightness in high …

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 … benefit duration from 12 to 15 months for recipients of age 50 to 54. Based on detailed survey data and difference …

This paper explores the effects of a major reform of unemployment benefits in Germany on the labor market outcomes of … individuals with some health impairment. The reform induced a substantial reduction in the potential duration of regular … unemployment benefits for older workers. This work analyzes the reform in a wider framework of institutional interactions, which …

Can unemployment insurance (UI) affect the behavior of employed workers and the duration of their employment spells? I … elasticity affects welfare with a similar magnitude as the well-known elasticity of unemployment duration to the benefit level. … schedule, I find that a 1% higher potential benefit level increases job duration by around 0.35%. This result is driven by the …

of liquidity provision on unemployment outcomes. Based on a RD Design, I find that granting unemployed workers with a … bonus equal to half of their previous monthly earnings decreases the probability of exiting unemployment within 8 weeks by … around 0.65%. Second, by exploiting the UI potential duration schedule, I find that granting workers with an extra month of …