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The Effects of Unemployment Assistance on Unemployment Exits [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Many countries have a two-tiered unemployment compensation system which provides earnings-related unemployment insurance for a limited period of time and less generous unemployment assistance thereafter. This study evaluates the effects of a reform in Finland that increased the level of unemployment assistance by 22%.
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Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Spells [PDF]
Econometrica, 1990 This paper tests the effects of the level and length of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment durations. The paper particularly studies individual behavior during the weeks just prior to when benefits lapse. Higher UI benefits are found to have a strong negative effect on the probability of leaving unemployment.
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Cyclical Unemployment, Structural Unemployment [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013 Whenever unemployment stays high for an extended period, it is common to see analyses, statements, and rebuttals about the extent to which the high unemployment is structural, not cyclical. This essay views the Beveridge curve pattern of unemployment and vacancy rates and the related matching function as proxies for the functioning of the labor market ...
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Equilibrium unemployment and the duration of unemployment benefits [PDF]
Journal of Population Economics, 2010 This paper uses microdata to evaluate the impact on the steady-state unemployment rate of an increase in maximum benefit duration. We evaluate a policy change in Austria that extended maximum benefit duration and use this policy change to estimate the causal impact of benefit duration on labor market flows.
Lalive, Rafael +2 more
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Unemployment and Indeterminacy [PDF]
Journal of Economic Theory, 2005 Using an efficiency-wage model, we examine the relationship between indeterminacy and unemployment insurance. It is shown that the less unemployment insurance is, the more likely equilibrium is to be indeterminate. Equilibrium can be indeterminate even without externalities or increasing returns, which makes a sharp contrast to the recent literature on
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Unemployment benefits and unemployment [PDF]
IZA World of Labor, 2014 All developed economies have unemployment benefit programs to protect workers against major income losses during spells of unemployment. By enabling unemployed workers to meet basic consumption needs, the programs protect workers from having to sell their assets or accept jobs below their qualifications.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts [PDF]
, 2002 We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems byunemployment accounts (UA). Under the UA system, employed people would be required tomake ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the balances in theseaccounts would then be available to them during periods of unemployment. The governmentwould be able
Orszag, Jonathan Michael +1 more
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Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment
Modern Economy, 2010 This paper seeks to provide a simpler explanation of the Match Quality Hypothesis (MQH). For the less mathematically inclined, it avoids formal analysis and yet derives the relevant implications, i.e., if unemployed workers currently collecting unemployment benefits are given more benefits, both the average period of unemployment duration increases as ...
Willaim Beranek, David R. Kamerschen
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Digital Cognitive Testing in Mitochondrial Disease: Validity and Challenges for Clinical Trial Use
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Primary mitochondrial disease is a group of genetic disorders caused by pathogenic variants in nuclear or mitochondrial DNA, often resulting in progressive neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Current management is primarily supportive, though recent research offers hope for disease‐modifying treatments in the future.
Oksana Pogoryelova +9 more
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