Identifying Risk-based Selection in Social Insurance: New Approaches and Findings

Mette Ejrnæs and Stefan Hochguertel
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Mette Ejrnæs: University of Copenhagen
Stefan Hochguertel: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

No 22-040/V, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: We study risk-based selection into a voluntary unemployment insurance (UI) scheme. To disentangle behavioral effects from selection, we exploit variation in the sign-up induced by an early retirement scheme embedded into the UI system. We combine an event study with a difference-in-difference approach applied to Danish register data to quantify the selection. We find that individuals who sign up for UI are negatively selected in terms of subsequent unemployment. However, we find important heterogeneity across education and gender. In addition, life cycle events (such as buying a first home) point to effects consistent with dynamic selection on moral hazard.

Keywords: Unemployment; insurance; selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D82 J64 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05-19
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