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Ichino, Andrea; Schwerdt, Guido; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

employment prospects. We rely on exact matching to compare workers displaced due to firm closure with similar non …

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Potential Unemployment Benefit Duration and Spell Length: Lessons from a Quasi-experiment in Austria

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

The paper studies the effect of potential unemployment benefit duration on the length of unemployment spells in Austria. It takes advantage of a quasi-experimental situation, where potential benefit duration was extended in 1988 for elderly workers living in specific regions of the country. The...

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Benefit Duration and Unemployment Entry: Quasi-experimental Evidence for Austria

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper studies the impact of a selective extension of unemployment benefit duration on the incidence of unemployment in Austria. As the new law applies only to elderly workers in certain regions of the country after June 1988, a quasi-experimental situation is created. Unemployment entry is...

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On the Extent of Re-Entitlement Effects in Unemployment Compensation

Ortega, Javier; Rioux, Laurence - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

A dynamic labour matching economy is presented, in which the unemployed are either entitled to unemployment insurance …

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Search and Matching in Macroeconomics

Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper surveys the use of search and matching models in macroeconomics. It outlines the standard model, discusses …

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Efficient Unemployment Insurance Time Path

Blumkin, Tomer; Hadar, Yossi; Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

The Paper examines the time sequencing of UI benefits in a general equilibrium framework, with random matching and … endogenously determined wages. A key feature of the model is that policymakers exploit random matching to produce some assortative … matching through UI policy. The Paper considers a mechanism whereby a declining UI time profile makes unemployed workers …

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The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees

Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees’ labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data....

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Unemployment Insurance Design: Inducing Moving and Retraining

Hassler, John; Mora, Rodríguez; Vicente, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Evidence suggests that unemployed individuals can sometimes affect their job prospects by undertaking a costly action like deciding to move or retrain. Realistically, such an opportunity only arises for some individuals and the identity of those may be unobservable ex-ante. The problem of...

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Effects of Employment Protection on Worker and Job Flows: Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform

Kugler, Adriana D.; Pica, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper uses the Italian Social Security employer-employee panel to study the effects of the Italian reform of 1990 on worker and job flows. We exploit the fact that this reform increased unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 employees, while leaving dismissal costs unchanged for bigger...

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How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs Quickly; Experimental Evidence from a Mandatory Activation Program

Krogh Graversen, Brian; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper investigates how a mandatory activation program in Denmark affects the job finding rate of unemployed workers. The activation program was introduced in an experimental setting where about half of the workers who became unemployed in the period from November 2005 to March 2006 were...

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