Duration of unemployment benefits and quality of post-unemployment jobs : evidence from a natural experiment, Vol. 1 of 1

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Duration of unemployment benefits and quality of post-unemployment jobs : evidence from a natural experiment

Author:	van Ours, Jan C.; Vodopivec, Milan;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4031
Country:	Slovenia;	Date Stored:	2006/10/11
Document Date:	2006/10/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	Europe and Central Asia
Report Number:	WPS4031	SubTopics:	Economic Theory & Research; Social Risk Management; Labor Markets; Youth and Governance; Social Protections & Assistance
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: 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.


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