Benefit entitlement and unemployment duration -: The role of policy endogeneity

被引：49

作者：

Lalive, R ^{[1
]}

Zweimüller, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Zurich, IZA, IEW, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 2004年 / 88卷 / 12期

关键词：

quasi-experiments; policy endogeneity; benefit entitlement; maximum benefit duration; unemployment duration; unemployment insurance;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.10.002

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The potential duration of benefits is generally viewed as an important determinant of unemployment duration. This paper evaluates a unique policy change that prolonged entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 weeks for elderly individuals in certain regions of Austria. in the evaluation, we explicitly account for the fact that the program was an endogenous policy response to deteriorating labor market conditions for older workers in certain regions and sectors. The main results are: (i) REBP reduced the transition rate to jobs by 17%; (ii) accounting for endogenous policy adoption is important and quantitatively significant. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：2587 / 2616

页数：30

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