How do different entitlements to unemployment benefits affect the transitions from unemployment into employment?

In Portugal duration of benefits is exclusively age determined while replacement rates are essentially uniform. We exploit differences in potential maximum duration of benefits for nearly matched pairs of individuals to determine the effects of benefit duration on job finding.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Addison, John T. ; Portugal, Pedro
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 101.2008, 3, p. 206-209
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Maximum potential benefit duration Disincentive effects Unemployment-employment transitions Regression discontinuity

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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