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Many studies have found that the exit rate from unemployment increases in the vicinity of the exhaustion day of unemployment insurance benefits. The extent to which this "spike" is driven by job search behavior is important for assessing the distortionary effect of unemployment insurance. Card,...
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duration in Germany paired with individual-level data on job search behavior to directly investigate this assumed relationship … the benefit scheme: the extension of the benefit duration caused job search effort to significantly decrease, lowering the … duration: a 10 percent increase in the number of filed job applications is found to increase the short-run job …
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This paper studies how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects early job search behavior and re … potential benefit duration from 12 to 15 months for benefit recipients of age 50 to 54. Based on detailed survey data and a … duration of individuals entering UI after the reform. Among individuals who got treated at later stages of their unemployment …
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This paper studies how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects individuals’ job search behavior and re … benefit duration from 12 to 15 months for recipients of age 50 to 54. Based on detailed survey data and difference …
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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 5.88 ppt for individuals who earned between 3,536 and 4,340 CHF...
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Should unemployment insurance (UI) systems provide coverage for underemployed job seekers? Based on a statistical analysis of Norwegian unemployment spells, we conclude that the answer to this question is yes. Allowing insured job seekers to retain partial UI benefits during periods of...
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