enables strategic sick reporting reduces the mean unemployment duration by 4 days. … care system on unemployment durations. We estimate that for around 25% of unemployed workers, removing the channel that …

the program. The literature uses linear probability models and (Cox) proportional hazard models to predict duration … outcomes. These either focus on one threshold duration or impose proportionality. In this paper we propose a nonparametric … work from unemployment insu rance, we do not find that the weighting method outperforms Cox survivor function predictions. …

Using a proportional hazard model with multiple exits, this paper analyzes whether immigrants' unemployment spells … data set taken from the Swedish unemployment registers is used. The data set covers the period 1991 to 1996, a period of … substantial increases in both unemployment rates as well as in immigration. The estimates from the hazard model suggests that a …

Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift in 2005 … draw causal inference of sanction enforcements on unemployment exit hazards. Based on a novel survey sample covering the …

The relationship between unemployment benefit duration, unemployment duration and subsequent job duration is … be correlated with unemployment duration as well as accepted job duration. I examine two potential explanations for the … is also found to explain the correlation between unemployment and job duration. Various simulations indicate that …

There are few studies on unemployment duration in developing countries. This is the first study on duration aspect of … parametric estimation methods are used, controlling for the unobserved heterogeneity. Two alternative definitions of unemployment … effect of the local unemployment rate is large and negative. Duration dependence of the exit rate from unemployment is …

Using data from the CPS this paper examines the role of birth-country networks on immigrants' unemployment duration … from 2001 to 2013. We find that networks significantly lower unemployment duration for all immigrants. Varying the effect … of networks over duration categories we find that networks are more effective in lowering duration for immigrants …

change in SWB predicts job search and unemployment duration. The findings suggest that those who report feeling hurt by …: search effort and unemployment duration are affected by the utility differential between having a job and being unemployed. … unemployment have shorter unemployment durations. Men who report a loss of SWB are also more likely to look for a job, but women …

by comparing the future situation of ("treated") unemployed entering into FTCs after a particular unemployment duration … employment and unemployment. The empirical analysis is based on propensity score matching methods, obtaining the effects of FTCs … persons entering into FTCs after a certain number of month of unemployment are reasonable. A first counterfactual is never to …