Equilibrium unemployment and the duration of unemployment benefits

Lalive, Rafael; Ours, Jan C. van; Zweimüller, Josef

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“…Because the pre-REBP period covers only one year, it more di cult to disentangle the change in inflow due to UI generosity from the e↵ect of adverse labor market conditions. See also Lalive and Zweimüller (2004b) providing a descriptive analysis of inflow and outflow e↵ects of the REBP and Lalive, van Ours and Zweimüller (2011) examining the e↵ect Wunsch (2012) study a German UI policy reform that strongly reduced UI benefit duration for older workers. They find a positive "last-minute" increase in the unemployment inflow, suggesting for workers taking advantage of the generous UI rules before they were terminated.…”

Section: Ui Generosity and Job Separationsmentioning

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Unemployment insurance and the labor market

Zweimüller

2018

Labour Economics

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The existing literature assumes that unemployment insurance (UI) a↵ects the labor market through the job finding rate of eligible workers. I argue that this focus is too narrow. I show evidence for UI e↵ects through three other margins: (i) search externalities; (ii) takeup of other welfare state programs; and (iii) job separations. This suggests that the analysis of optimal UI should take a more comprehensive view of how UI a↵ects the labor market.Keywords: Unemployment insurance, extended benefits, unemployment duration, unemployment inflow, layo↵s, disability insurance, optimal benefits. JEL Codes: J65, J63, J64. * Address: University of Zurich, CH-8000 Zurich, Switzerland; email josef.zweimueller@econ.uzh.ch. This paper was written for the Adam Smith Lecture at EALE 2017, St.Gallen, Switzerland. I want to thank the organizers for inviting me to give this lecture and for the opportunity to present my work in front of this great audience. The research discussed here would not have happened without the energy and enthusiasm of my co-authors. First and foremost, I am indebted to my long-term collaborator Rafael Lalive, who provided invaluable input for this research. With him I started working on the universe of the Austrian social security data (ASSD) in the late 1990s, a data set that many other researchers are using now. Special thanks go to Stefan Staubli with whom I have enjoyed working over the last years and whose expertise and work attitude were of tremendous help in all our projects. The research discussed here benefitted from the energetic input of Camille Landais, who initiated the market externality project. I am indebted to Lukas Inderbitzin who co-authored the paper on program substitution. The paper on UI and job separations is work in progress and I have the pleasure to work with Simon Jäger and Benjamin Schoefer on this project. Over the years, I could rely on the support of engaged and talented research assistants. Particular thanks go to Andreas Kettemann and Philippe Ruh, who were extremely helpful over the last years and who provided decisive input for the empirical evidence presented here. Thanks also to Damian Osterwalder and Dominik Eglo↵ for putting together the tables and graphs of the paper. I also thank Andreas Steinhauer and Andreas Haller for comments on an earlier version of this paper and Johanna Posch for checking the final version.

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Section: Ui Generosity and Job Separationsmentioning

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Unemployment insurance and the labor market

Zweimüller

2018

Labour Economics

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“…Earlier studies, reviewed by Krueger and Meyer (2002), put it in the range of 0.1 to 0.5. Estimates from more recent studies include 0.4 (for men) and 0.8 (for women) for Slovenia (van Ours and Vodopivec 2006), 0.12 for Austria (Lalive et al 2006(Lalive et al , 2011, and 0.13 for Germany (Schmieder et al 2012).…”

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Introducing unemployment insurance to developing countries

Vodopivec

2013

IZA J Labor Policy

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The paper analyzes key labor market and institutional features of developing countries that affect functioning of unemployment insurance: a large informal sector, weak administrative capacity, and large political risk. It argues that these countries should tailor an OECD-style unemployment insurance program to their circumstances, among others by relying on self-insurance (via unemployment insurance savings accounts), complemented by solidarity funding, as a key source of financing; by simplifying monitoring of job-search behavior and labor market status; and by piggybacking on existing networks to administer benefits. The paper also addresses the question whether developing countries should introduce unemployment insurance.JEL codes: J65, J68

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“…Las reacciones ante el desempleo pueden ser diversas siguiendo diferencias individuales, el tiempo que se prolongue (Lalive, Van Ours, & Zweimuller, 2011) y dónde las circunstancias individuales, sociales, e institucionales, son elementos importantes en cómo se vive y se siente esta experiencia y sus efectos de insatisfacción e infelicidad (Ahn, García, & Jimeno, 2004;Ochsen, 2011). El aumento del malestar psicológico en función de la duración del desempleo no ocurre de modo lineal, sino que alcanza su máximo entre 7 y 12 meses y disminuye en períodos más largos (Del Pozo, Ruiz, Pardo, & San Martín, 2002).…”

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Empleados y desempleados, atribuciones causales y bienestar subjetivo

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Psicol. Soc.

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Se analiza la relación del desempleo con el bienestar subjetivo (BS) y el estilo atribucional en una muestra de 200 participantes (100 desempleados) equirepartidos por sexo, de 36 años de edad promedio, que completó 4 instrumentos, controlándose algunas variables socio-demográficas. Los desempleados presentan menor BS (Us≥3,607; Zs≥-3,409; ps≤0,039) y un estilo atribucional con locus de causalidad externo, inestable y de bajo control (Us≥1332; Zs≥-8,985; ps≤0,01). Desempleados hombres y mujeres tienen menor nivel de satisfacción vital (SV) que sus pares empleados (Mmujeres= 21,38 vs.24,66; Mhombres= 22,82 vs. 26,10; Us ≥891; Zs ≥-2,479; ps≤ 0,017), pero presentan un mismo nivel de felicidad (Us ≤1036,500; Zs ≤-1,480; ps ≥1,150), lo que genera preguntas para futuros estudios acerca de felicidad vs. SV en ámbitos de vida desfavorables. Los grupos difieren al explicarse el desempleo (χ2 (1) = 8,970; p<0,05). Se discute los resultados y algunas conjeturas explicativas de lo obtenido. Palabras clave: desempleo; bienestar subjetivo; atribuciones causales. RESUMO Analisa-se a relação do desemprego com o bem-estar subjetivo (BS) e o estilo atribucional em uma amostra de 200 participantes (100 desempregados) equirrepartidos por sexo, com média de 36 anos, que completou 4 instrumentos, controlando-se algumas variáveis sociodemográficas. Os desempregados apresentam menor BS (Us≥3,607; Zs≥-3,409; ps≤0,039) e um estilo atribucional com locus de causalidade externo, instável e de baixo controle (Us≥1332; Zs≥-8,985; ps≤0,01). Mulheres e homens desempregados têm menores níveis de satisfação com a vida (SV) que seus pares empregados (Mmulheres = 21,38 vs. 24,66; Mhomens = 22,82 vs. 26,10; Us ≥891; Zs ≥-2,479; ps≤ 0,017), mas apresentam o mesmo nível de felicidade (Us ≤1036,500; Zs ≤-1,480; ps ≥1,150), gerando questões para futuros estudos sobre felicidade versus SV em áreas desfavoráveis da vida. Os grupos diferem ao se explicar o desemprego (χ2 (1) = 8,970; p<0,05). Discutem-se os resultados e algumas conjecturas explicativas do que foi obtido.

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Equilibrium unemployment and the duration of unemployment benefits

Cited by 25 publications

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Unemployment insurance and the labor market

Unemployment insurance and the labor market

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