The effect of job search requirements on welfare receipt

Arbeitspapier

Many countries impose job search requirements as a condition of unemployment benefit receipt, but there is relatively little evidence on the efficacy of these requirements. Australian reforms in 1995 and 2003 saw groups of welfare recipients newly subjected to job search requirements, providing an opportunity to identify their effects on welfare receipt. Using this quasi-experimental design and administrative data, we find negative effects on welfare receipt for the mature-age partnered women targeted by the reforms. We also find large negative effects on welfare receipt of their partners, suggesting family labour supply decisions were considerably affected.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 646

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household ; Household Behavior: General ; Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
• Subject: welfare receipt ; unemployment benefit ; job search requirements

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hérault, Nicolas ; Vu, Ha ; Wilkins, Roger
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223309
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET