Arbeitspapier
Six ways to leave unemployment
This paper uses a unique Portuguese data set to examine the effect of unemployment benefit receipt and maximum duration of benefits on escape rates from unemployment. The focus is on the time profile of transitions out of unemployment. The novel aspect of the study resides in its identification of six destination states, namely, open-ended employment, fixed-term contracts, part-time work, government-provided jobs, self employment, and labor force withdrawal. Strong evidence of disincentive effects of the unemployment benefit system is reported. This result obtains both in general and for the various destination states, among which some marked behavioral differences are detected.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 954
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- Subject
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unemployment benefits
unemployment duration
competing risks
Arbeitslosigkeit
Arbeitslosenversicherung
Dauer
Arbeitsangebot
Ökonomischer Anreiz
Schätzung
Portugal
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Portugal, Pedro
Addison, John T.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2003
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Portugal, Pedro
- Addison, John T.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2003
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