The Effect of Receiving Supplementary UI Benefits on Unemployment Duration

Tomi Kyyrä, Pierpaolo Parrotta and Michael Rosholm

No 3920, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour market. Following the "timing-of-events" approach we estimate causal effects of subsidized part-time work on the hazard rate out of unemployment insurance benefit receipt. We find evidence of a negative lock-in effect and a positive post-treatment effect, both of which vary across individuals. The resulting net effect on the expected unemployment duration is positive for some groups (e.g. married women) and negative for others (e.g. young workers).

Keywords: unemployment benefits; part-time work; lock-in effect; treatment effect; duration analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2009-01
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 21, 122-133

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