Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

This paper investigates how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects the quality of post-unemployment jobs. It takes advantage of a natural experiment introduced by a change in Slovenia's unemployment insurance law that substantially reduced the potential benefit duration. Althou...

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Main Authors:	van Ours, Jan C., Vodopivec, Milan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AVERAGE WAGE BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS BUSINESS CYCLE CASH BENEFITS COLLUSION COUNSELING DEPENDENTS DISABILITY ELASTICITY ELIGIBILITY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENTITLEMENT FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVE EFFECTS INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION JOB JOB DURATION JOB MATCH JOB MATCHES JOB OFFERS JOB SEARCH JOB SEPARATION JOB TENURE JOB VACANCIES JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MORAL HAZARD OCCUPATION OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PAYING JOBS PERMANENT JOB PERMANENT JOBS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREVIOUS WAGE PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PREVIOUS WORKING PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL RE-EMPLOYMENT BONUSES SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE JOBS TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COURSES TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WAGE DATA WAGE GAINS WAGE LEVEL WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WORKING EXPERIENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7122151/duration-unemployment-benefits-quality-post-unemployment-jobs-evidence-natural-experiment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9005

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spelling	okr-10986-90052021-04-23T14:02:41Z Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment van Ours, Jan C. Vodopivec, Milan ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AVERAGE WAGE BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS BUSINESS CYCLE CASH BENEFITS COLLUSION COUNSELING DEPENDENTS DISABILITY ELASTICITY ELIGIBILITY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENTITLEMENT FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVE EFFECTS INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION JOB JOB DURATION JOB MATCH JOB MATCHES JOB OFFERS JOB SEARCH JOB SEPARATION JOB TENURE JOB VACANCIES JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MORAL HAZARD OCCUPATION OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PAYING JOBS PERMANENT JOB PERMANENT JOBS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREVIOUS WAGE PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PREVIOUS WORKING PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL RE-EMPLOYMENT BONUSES SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE JOBS TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COURSES TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WAGE DATA WAGE GAINS WAGE LEVEL WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WORKING EXPERIENCE This paper investigates how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects the quality of post-unemployment jobs. It takes advantage of a natural experiment introduced by a change in Slovenia's unemployment insurance law that substantially reduced the potential benefit duration. Although this reduction strongly increased job finding rates, the quality of the post-unemployment jobs remained unaffected. The paper finds that the law change had no effect on the type of contract (temporary versus permanent), the duration of the post-unemployment job, or the wage earned in the job. 2012-06-26T14:07:58Z 2012-06-26T14:07:58Z 2006-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7122151/duration-unemployment-benefits-quality-post-unemployment-jobs-evidence-natural-experiment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9005 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4031 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe Slovenia
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topic	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AVERAGE WAGE BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS BUSINESS CYCLE CASH BENEFITS COLLUSION COUNSELING DEPENDENTS DISABILITY ELASTICITY ELIGIBILITY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENTITLEMENT FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVE EFFECTS INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION JOB JOB DURATION JOB MATCH JOB MATCHES JOB OFFERS JOB SEARCH JOB SEPARATION JOB TENURE JOB VACANCIES JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MORAL HAZARD OCCUPATION OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PAYING JOBS PERMANENT JOB PERMANENT JOBS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREVIOUS WAGE PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PREVIOUS WORKING PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL RE-EMPLOYMENT BONUSES SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE JOBS TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COURSES TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WAGE DATA WAGE GAINS WAGE LEVEL WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WORKING EXPERIENCE
spellingShingle	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AVERAGE WAGE BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS BUSINESS CYCLE CASH BENEFITS COLLUSION COUNSELING DEPENDENTS DISABILITY ELASTICITY ELIGIBILITY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENTITLEMENT FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVE EFFECTS INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION JOB JOB DURATION JOB MATCH JOB MATCHES JOB OFFERS JOB SEARCH JOB SEPARATION JOB TENURE JOB VACANCIES JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MORAL HAZARD OCCUPATION OLDER WOMEN OLDER WORKERS PAYING JOBS PERMANENT JOB PERMANENT JOBS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREVIOUS WAGE PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PREVIOUS WORKING PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL RE-EMPLOYMENT BONUSES SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STABLE JOBS TEMPORARY JOB TEMPORARY JOBS TRAINING COURSES TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WAGE DATA WAGE GAINS WAGE LEVEL WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WORKING EXPERIENCE van Ours, Jan C. Vodopivec, Milan Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4031
description	This paper investigates how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects the quality of post-unemployment jobs. It takes advantage of a natural experiment introduced by a change in Slovenia's unemployment insurance law that substantially reduced the potential benefit duration. Although this reduction strongly increased job finding rates, the quality of the post-unemployment jobs remained unaffected. The paper finds that the law change had no effect on the type of contract (temporary versus permanent), the duration of the post-unemployment job, or the wage earned in the job.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	van Ours, Jan C. Vodopivec, Milan
author_facet	van Ours, Jan C. Vodopivec, Milan
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title	Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
title_short	Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
title_full	Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
title_fullStr	Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
title_full_unstemmed	Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
title_sort	duration of unemployment benefits and quality of post-unemployment jobs: evidence from a natural experiment
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7122151/duration-unemployment-benefits-quality-post-unemployment-jobs-evidence-natural-experiment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9005
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Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Quality of Post-Unemployment Jobs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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