Imperfect Monitoring of Job Search: Structural Estimation and Policy Design

Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Launov, Andrey; Linden, Bruno Van der

doi:10.1086/693868

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“…Hence, its suppression has most likely a negligible impact on job search behavior in particular compared to the withdrawal of the entitlement to the activation allowance. 5 This is consistent with the evidence in Cockx et al (2018) about the impact of the monitoring of job-search effort in Belgium on unemployed people aged between 25 and 30. Waiting period Ineligible for activation allowance Notes: Trajectory of entitlement to the activation allowance for a 23-and 24-year-old job seeker.…”

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Switching from an inclining to a zero-level unemployment benefit profile: Good for work incentives?

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Labour Economics

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This paper evaluates the impact on the transition to work of a policy reform in Belgium that restricted the access to a specific unemployment insurance scheme for young labor market entrants. This scheme entitles youths with no or little labor market experience to unemployment benefits after a waiting period of one year. As of 2015, the Belgian government unexpectedly scrapped benefit eligibility for youths who start the waiting period at the age of 24 or older. The reform implied a change from an inclining to a flat rate (zero-level) benefit profile. We use a difference-indifferences approach to identify the causal impact of this reform on fresh university graduates. Our main finding is that this reform only increases the transition to very short-lived jobs.

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Switching from an inclining to a zero-level unemployment benefit profile: Good for work incentives?

Cockx

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Dejemeppe³

et al. 2020

Labour Economics

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“…Hence, its suppression has most likely a negligible impact on job search behavior in particular compared to the withdrawal of the entitlement to the activation allowance. 5 This is consistent with the evidence in Cockx et al (2018) about the impact of the monitoring of job-search effort in Belgium on unemployed people aged between 25 and 30. The Belgian government did not only restrict access to the activation allowance for youths starting their waiting period after their 24 th birthday, but also for high school dropouts.…”

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Switching from an inclining to a zero-level unemployment benefit profile: Good for work incentives?

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“…One partial exception is Maibom et al (2017), who show that an intensive counseling treatment in Denmark for newly unemployed workers had effects that continued even after program requirements had been satisfied. Another partial exception is Cockx et al (2017), which found that monitoring activities in the Belgian UI system had small positive effects on participants' job-search behavior. Importantly, none of the European studies determined if programs had positive impacts on earnings, a key indication of whether the job counseling mandated by these programs led to improved labor market outcomes.…”

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The Labor Market Effects of US Reemployment Policy: Lessons from an Analysis of Four Programs during the Great Recession

Michaelides

Mueser

2020

Journal of Labor Economics

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We present experimental evidence on four U.S. reemployment programs targeting Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients during the Great Recession. All programs reduced UI spells, produced UI savings that exceeded program costs, and increased employment rates. The services-referral program had the smallest effects, occurring because of voluntary participant exit from UI to avoid requirements. The two programs that reviewed participants' UI eligibility produced higher effects because they induced voluntary exits and disqualified participants not engaged in active job search or for other reasons. The program requiring participation in both the eligibility review and jobcounseling services was the most effective, indicating that services improved participants' jobsearch efforts.

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Imperfect Monitoring of Job Search: Structural Estimation and Policy Design

Cited by 17 publications

References 49 publications

Switching from an inclining to a zero-level unemployment benefit profile: Good for work incentives?

Switching from an inclining to a zero-level unemployment benefit profile: Good for work incentives?

Switching from an inclining to a zero-level unemployment benefit profile: Good for work incentives?

The Labor Market Effects of US Reemployment Policy: Lessons from an Analysis of Four Programs during the Great Recession

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