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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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Regional Youth Unemployment in Turkey: Do Determinants Vary by Gender?
İktisat Politikası Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2020 Economic theory addresses unemployment as one of the crucial macroeconomic problems. Given the contributions to the production process, labor market integration of youth population is one of the main focuses of the labor economics literature.
Mert Topcu, Lütfi Biçimveren
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The Dynamics of Unemployment in Poland from 1992 to 2017
Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, 2019 Two alternative approaches can be found in the literature on the dynamics of unemployment. The first approach is based on the theory of a natural rate of unemployment. Under this theory, the economy can depart from the natural rate of unemployment in the
Andrzej Pisulewski
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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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Modelling the length of time spent in an unemployment state in South Africa
South African Journal of Science, 2018 The deteriorating global economic conditions have worsened the unemployment situation, especially among the youth in sub-Saharan Africa. Structural factors such as the length of time spent in unemployment and job sustainability have a considerable effect
Jeanette Z. Nonyana, Peter M. Njuho
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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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Forecasting Unemployment Rate in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Turkish Case
İzmir İktisat Dergisi, 2021 The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic caused the loss of lives, global problems, and the collapse of economies. Especially, the high unemployment rates in developing countries at present makes the unemployment rate predictions important.
Mustafa Batuhan Tufaner, İlyas Sözen
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