Bekhtiar, Karim; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2026 - This version: March 2026
indicate that this cash payment increased labor mobility by around 8% to 12%. This increase is much stronger for worker groups …Providing recently laid offworkers with cash benefits may help them overcome mobility costs and thereby stimulate labor … mobility. On the other hand, cash benefits may dampen the employment shock and reduce the incentive to move. In this paper, we …