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Poland on the dole : unemployment benefits, training, and long-term unemployment during transition

Puhani, Patrick A. - 1996

We analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics are explored besides the impacts of the unemployment benefit system and...

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Blame the Parents? How Financial Incentives Affect Labor Supply and Job Quality for Young Adults

Fradkin, Andrey - 2015

Young adults entering the labor force typically have little access to unemployment insurance or other formal insurance mechanisms. Instead, they rely on family insurance in the form of parental support to smooth consumption. We study the labor market response of Belgian young adults to decreases...

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Unemployment insurance design : inducing moving and retraining

Hassler, John; Rodríguez Mora, José Vicente - In: European economic review : EER 52 (2008) 5, pp. 757-791

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Unemployment insurance design : inducing moving and retraining

Rodríguez Mora, José Vicente; Hassler, John - 2007

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Unemployment insurance design : inducing moving and retraining

Hassler, John; Rodríguez Mora, José Vicente - 2007

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Should UI benefits really fall over time?

Hassler, John; Rodríguez Mora, José Vicente - 2002

The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in an analytically tractable model allowing moral hazard, adverse selection and hidden savings. Analytical results show that when the search productivity of unemployed is constant over...

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Should UI benefits really fall over time?

Hassler, John - 2002

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Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer: Eine mikroökonometrische Evaluation der Arbeitslosengeldreform von 1997

Müller, Eva; Wilke, Ralf A.; Zahn, Philipp - 2006

vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Auswirkungen dieser Reform auf Übergänge von Beschäftigung in Arbeitslosigkeit und Verweildauern in … Arbeitslosigkeit dieser Gruppe untersucht. Die Analyse beruht auf der IAB{Beschäftigtenstichprobe 1975-2001, welche tagesgenaue … der 54-56jährigen nach der Reform abnimmt. Außerdem ist eine Verkürzung der Verweildauern in Arbeitslosigkeit nach der …

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Do Benefit Hikes Damage Job Finding? Evidence from Swedish Unemployment Insurance Reforms

Bennmarker, Helge; Carling, Kenneth; Holmlund, Bertil - 2005

In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was the introduction of a two-tiered benefit structure for some unemployed individuals. This system involved supplementary compensation during the first 20 weeks of unemployment....

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Optimal Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits

Taslimi, Mohammad - 2003

Existing unemployment insurance systems in many OECD countries involve a ceiling on insurable earnings. The result is lower replacement rate for employees with relatively high earnings. This paper examines whether replacement rates should decrease as the level of earnings rises. The framework is...

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