unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We estimate multispell …Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante threat of sanctions. Based on a large inflow sample into unemployment …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … effect of maximum duration on UI and nonemployment spells of approximately 0.45 and 0.25 respectively. We use the RDD … estimates to simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response, which implies almost …

We provide new evidence on the effect of the unemployment insurance (UI) weekly benefit amount on unemployment …

We study the macroeconomic effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit extensions in the United States at short and … when initial durations are shorter have substantial effects on the unemployment rate and the number of people receiving UI … duration elasticity to UI, implying small general equilibrium effects of UI extensions. …

This paper discusses the effects of a higher unemployment benefit replacement rate on unemployment durations …, employment and earnings. A reform of the Swiss unemployment insurance in July 2003 increased the replacement rate by up to 5 … approach. The increase in the replacement rate increased unemployment durations, while it did not affect post-unemployment …

In most countries, the unemployed are entitled to unemployment benefits only if they have previously worked a minimum … period of time. This institutional feature creates a sharp change at eligibility in the disutility from unemployment and may … distort the duration of jobs. In this paper, we evaluate this eligibility effect using a regression discontinuity approach …