effort ; reservation wage ; locus of control ; unemployment duration …

This paper studies how changes in extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefit affect the duration of unemployment. We … not lead to a decrease in the jobless hazard; the duration of unemployment is not prolonged among jobseekers who have … longer maximum benefit duration. This result is robust to shorter and longer tenure before entering unemployment. The non …

did not affect total post-unemployment earnings indicating that the positive effects on job finding and job turnover …

individual unemployment benefit spell durations. We compare a period of expansion (2005-2007) and the recent recession (2009 … particularly strong in the first year of the spell. Moreover, slight negative duration dependence is found, especially for stable … jobs in the expansion period until the time of unemployment benefit expires. Individuals who are most affected by the …

In this study, we investigate the nexus between career risk aversion and unemployment duration based on German survey … from risk aversion on unemployment duration. However, we find significant effects when controlling for a non-linear or time … varying correlation between risk aversion and unemployment duration. Our results show that risk aversion is important when …

change in SWB predicts job search and unemployment duration. The findings suggest that those who report feeling hurt by …: search effort and unemployment duration are affected by the utility differential between having a job and being unemployed. … unemployment have shorter unemployment durations. Men who report a loss of SWB are also more likely to look for a job, but women …