unemployment and its duration distribution. Using the SIPP, we document the relation between workers' (gross and net) occupational … mobility and unemployment duration over the long run and business cycle. To interpret this evidence, we develop an analytically … duration distribution, among others. Our analysis shows that "excess" occupational mobility due to workers' changing career …

This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks … regions to identify the effect of extended benefits on unemployment duration. Results indicate that the duration of job search … is prolonged by at least .09 weeks per additional week of benefits among men, whereas unemployment duration increases by …

) and the potential duration of benefits (PBD) – affect the duration of unemployment. In 1989, the Austrian government made … unemployment insurance more generous by changing, simultaneously, the maximum duration of regular unemployment benefits and the … the maximum duration of benefits. We use these results to split up the total costs to unemployment insurance funds into …

for just a few, often only one to three, years. In this paper, I examine empirically the duration in German import trade … characteristics, product type and market structure. Specifically, I show that the duration of exporting a product to Germany is longer …

intervention was highly effective in reducing unemployment duration, but also spurred employment instability and withdrawals from …