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The social costs of unemployment: accounting for unemployment duration [PDF]

Applied Economics, 2011
This article contributes to the literature on unemployment and well-being by investigating the linkage between personal life satisfaction and a macroeconomic indicator of the duration of unemployment. Using data for more than 50 000 individuals in 10 European countries, 1992–2002, we find that the social costs of unemployment, in terms of general ...
Ochsen, Carsten, Welsch, Heinz
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Unemployment Insurance Design and Its Effects: Evidence for Uruguay

Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2013
Using unemployment insurance records and social security labor histories, we provide evidence of the impacts of recent changes in the unemployment insurance system of Uruguay.
Verónica Amarante, Andrés Dean, Rodrigo Arim   +2 more
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The Effect of Unemployment Compensation on Unemployment Duration in Germany [PDF]

Journal of Labor Economics, 1995
In West Germany during the 1980s, law changes cut the level of unemployment compensation for the unemployed without children and extended the duration of unemployment insurance for unemployed aged over 41. Analysis of these changes using the German Socioeconomic Panel shows that transitions from unemployment for those under 49 were particularly ...
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¿A quiénes afecta el desempleo? Análisis de la tasa de incidencia en Colombia [PDF]

Lecturas de Economía, 2009
The incidence rate represents a composite indicator that takes account of both thenumber of unemployed people and the average duration of employment. The analysis of this rate allows to portrait a more complete profile of those individuals who are more ...
Andrés Felipe García, Nohora Forero, Juan Carlos Guataquí   +2 more
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A review on the elasticity of unemployment duration to the potential duration of unemployment benefits [PDF]

Journal of Economic Surveys, 2021
AbstractIn this paper, I present an exhaustive literature review on the empirical work that estimated the impact of the potential duration of unemployment insurance on unemployment duration, measured in a week‐to‐week elasticity. For each study, I include information on data—county, period of analysis, type of database, gender, and age, estimation ...
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Duration and Recurrence of Unemployment Benefits [PDF]

Journal of Labor Research, 2014
Using administrative data for the period 2005-2010, we investigate duration and recurrence in unemployment benefits in Spain. The results suggest the existence of (at least) three groups of individuals, each one with different combinations of covered unemployment duration and recurrence.
Arranz Muñoz, José María, García Serrano, Carlos   +1 more
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The relationship between unemployment duration and selected personality characteristics of unemployed people

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2010
The paper presents results of research aimed at the examination of connections between selected personality characteristics and the duration of unemployment in examined people.
Petr Fiľo, Božena Buchtová
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THE EFFECTS OF ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET PROGRAMMES ON UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION

Ekonomika, 2010
This study estimates the effects of Active Labour Market Programmes on unemployment insurance (UI) benefit recipients in Denmark, depending on the time spent in unemployment before entry into the programme. I estimate two separate effects of the ALMPs in
Agnė Laužadytė
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The effect of reduced unemployment duration on the unemployment rate: a Synthetic Control Approach

European Journal of Government and Economics, 2020
This paper examines the impact of the fourth partial revision of the law of unemployment insurance (AVIG) on unemployment dynamics in Switzerland at a cantonal level. The authors apply the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), a matching method for comparative
Luzius Stricker, Moreno Baruffini
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Duration and Risk of Unemployment in Argentina [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina. This paper is concerned with the measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution. We show the importance of considering re-incidence in the measurement of unemployment risk and develop a methodolgy to do that.
Galiani, Sebastián, Hopenhayn, Hugo A.
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