Arbeitspapier
The determination of unemployment benefits
While much empirical research has been done on the labour market consequences of unemployment benefits, there is remarkably little evidence on the forces determining benefits. The paper presents a simple model where workers desire insurance against the possibility of unemployment and unemployment benefits increase the unemployment rate. We then conduct, what we believe, is one of the first empirical analyses of the determinants of the parameters of the unemployment benefit system. Using OECD data for 1971-1989, controlling for year and country fixed effects, and controlling for the political colour of the government, we find evidence suggesting that benefits fall when the unemployment rate is high. This is consistent with the tax-effect described in Wright (1986) and Atkinson (1990). There is weaker evidence that benefits increase with positive changes in the unemployment rate, which may be proxying for the inflow rate and could be called an insurance effect.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEI Working Paper ; No. B 04-2001
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- Thema
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endogenous unemployment benefits
unemployment
politics
Arbeitslosenversicherung
Arbeitslosigkeit
Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Zeitpräferenz
Theorie
OECD-Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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DiTella, Rafael
MacCulloch, Robert
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2001
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- DiTella, Rafael
- MacCulloch, Robert
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)
Entstanden
- 2001
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