that mainly focused on estimating the effects of benefit duration on job search and acceptance strategies of the unemployed …

to identify the elasticity of unemployment insurance filings with respect to search intensity. Applying our elasticity …

We develop a method to jointly measure the response of worker search effort (individual effect) and vacancy creation … market. The data indicate that the cut in Missouri significantly increased job finding rates by both raising the search …

We develop a method to jointly measure the response of worker search effort (individual effect) and vacancy creation … market. The data indicate that the cut in Missouri significantly increased job finding rates by both raising the search …

distress, search for jobs and access public insurance. Using the model, we calculate that employees' willingness to pay for …

the job search behavior of unemployed individuals, incorporating institutional features of the monitoring of search … behavior by the agencies. Notably, rejections of VRs may lead to sanctions (temporary benefits reductions) while workers may … caseworker recorded data on VRs, sick reporting and sanctions. The analysis highlights the influence of aspects of the health …

appropriate level of job search activity, and by imposing sanctions for infractions. Empirical studies consistently show that job … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by …

We model how unemployment benefit sanctions - benefit reductions that are imposed if unemployed do not comply with job … search guidelines - affect unemployment. In our analysis we find that not only micro effects concerning the behavior of … benefit sanctions are more effective in reducing unemployment than an across the board reduction in the replacement rate. …