How changes in unemployment benefit duration affect the inflow into unemployment

Sander Tuit and Jan C. van Ours

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 109, issue 2, 105-107

Abstract: We study the effect of an unexpected reduction in maximum unemployment benefit duration on the inflow into unemployment of elderly workers in the Netherlands. We analyze the reduction as if it was a natural experiment finding substantial effects.

Keywords: Unemployment; insurance; Maximum; benefit; duration; Unemployment; inflow; Natural; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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