The Relationship between Unemployment Benefits and Re‐employment Probabilities: Evidence from Spain

B-Tier
Journal: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2004
Volume: 66
Issue: 2
Pages: 239-260

Authors (2)

Stephen P. Jenkins (London School of Economics (LS...) Carlos García‐Serrano (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

We provide the first Spanish evidence about the effects on re‐employment probabilities of variations in benefit levels and time‐to‐exhaustion. Increases in unemployment insurance (UI) benefit levels had a small disincentive effect on the re‐employment hazard on average. Around this average, there were larger disincentive effects for men with elapsed durations between 4 and 18 months, whereas for men unemployed longer than 18 months, or for men resident in the south, the effect was negligible. Re‐employment hazards increased when UI exhaustion was imminent, but the change was small. Extensions to unemployment assistance eligibility in 1989 for men aged 45+ years lowered re‐employment probabilities.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:obuest:v:66:y:2004:i:2:p:239-260
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25