Revisiting the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Unemployment: A Measurement Error-Corrected Regression Discontinuity Approach

Steven Dieterle, Otavio Bartalotti and Quentin Brummet

No 11496, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We document two potential biases in recent analyses of UI benefit extensions using boundary-based identification: from using county-level aggregates and from across-border policy spillovers. To examine the first bias, we use a regression discontinuity (RD) approach that accounts for measurement error in county-level aggregates. Our results suggest much smaller effects than previous studies, casting doubt on the applicability of border-based designs. We then document substantial spillover effects of UI benefit duration in the form of across-border work patterns that are consistent with increased tightness in high benefit states, providing evidence against a dominant vacancy reduction response to UI extensions.

Keywords: geographic regression discontinuity; great recession; unemployment insurance; policy spillover (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59 pages
Date: 2018-04
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Published - published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12 (2), 84–114

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Journal Article: Revisiting the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Unemployment: A Measurement-Error-Corrected Regression Discontinuity Approach (2020)
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Working Paper: Revisiting the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Unemployment: A Measurement Error-Corrected Regression Discontinuity Approach (2018)
Working Paper: Revisiting the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Unemployment: A Measurement Error-Corrected Regression Discontinuity Approach (2016)
Working Paper: Revisiting the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Unemployment: A Measurement Error-Corrected Regression Discontinuity Approach (2016)
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