individuals. Standard search theory predicts that an increase in UI benefit generosity, either in terms of benefit duration or … entitlement, has a negative impact on the job search activities of the unemployed increasing their unemployment duration. Despite … the disincentive effect of UI on unemployment duration, UI benefit generosity may also increase job match quality by …

This paper evaluates the impact of large changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) in different economic … UI during recessions do not lead to lasting increases in unemployment duration, nor can they explain differ-ences in … unemployment durations across countries. We do not find any effect of increased UI duration on average job quality, but show that …

regimes - i.e., regimes with a high likelihood of required participation in active labor market programs, duration limitations … pre-specified UI duration, have many of the same behavioral consequences as threats of complete benefit termination. Early … introduction of a soft constraint appears particularly effective; our results show that the expected unemployment duration falls by …