Does reducing unemployment insurance generosity reduce job match quality?

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Public Economics
Year: 2008
Volume: 92
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 684-695

Authors (2)

van Ours, Jan C. (not in RePEc) Vodopivec, Milan (Univerza na Primorskem)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper analyzes how a change in Slovenia's unemployment insurance law affected the quality of jobs workers found after periods of unemployment. Taking advantage the "natural experiment" we show through difference-in-differences estimation results that reducing the potential duration of unemployment benefits had no detectable effect on wages, on the probability of securing a permanent rather than a temporary job, or on the duration of the post-unemployment job.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:pubeco:v:92:y:2008:i:3-4:p:684-695
Journal Field
Public
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29