Arbeitspapier
Why is there a spike in the job finding rate at benefit exhaustion?
Putting a limit on the duration of unemployment benefits tends to introduce a spike in the job finding rate shortly before benefits are exhausted. Current theories explain this spike from workers' behavior. We present a theoretical model in which also the nature of the job matters. End-of-benefit spikes in job finding rates are related to optimizing behavior of unemployed workers who rationally assume that employers will accept delays in the starting date of a new job, especially if these jobs are permanent. We use a dataset on Slovenian unemployment spells to test this prediction and find supporting evidence. We conclude that the spike in the job finding rate suggests that workers exploit unemployment insurance benefits for subsidized leisure.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4523
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
General Welfare; Well-Being
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Thema
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Unemployment benefits
spikes
Arbeitsuche
Arbeitslosenversicherung
Dauer
Arbeitsangebot
Freizeit
Slowenien
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Boone, Jan
van Ours, Jan C.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20091105941
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Boone, Jan
- van Ours, Jan C.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2009
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