Entitled to Leave: the impact of Unenployment Insurance Eligibility on Employment Duration and Job Quality

Laura Khoury, Simon Briole and Clément Brébion

No 1/2020, Discussion Paper Series in Economics from Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics

Abstract: Entitlement conditions are a little explored dimension of unemployment insurance (UI) schemes. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of a reform that softened the minimum employment record condition to qualify for UI benefits in France after 2009. Using administrative panel data matching employment and unemployment spells, we first provide clear evidence that the reform induced a separation response at the eligibility threshold. It appears both at the micro level– through a jump in transitions from employment to unemployment – and at the macro level – through the scheduling of shorter contracts, in line with the new eligibility requirements. Exploiting the reform as well as relevant sample restrictions, we then estimate the effects of receiving UI benefits on subsequent labour market outcomes using a regression discontinuity design. Our findings point to a large negative impact of UI benefits receipt on employment probability up to 21 months after meeting the eligibility criterion, which is not counterbalanced by an increase in job quality.

Keywords: Unemployment; Employment duration; Behavioural response; Entitlement conditions; Job quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H31 J08 J65 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 114 pages
Date: 2020-01-13
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