The Impacts of Labor Market Policies on Job Search Behavior and Post-Unemployment Job Quality

Simen Gaure, Knut Røed () and Lars Westlie ()
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Lars Westlie: Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research

No 3802, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examine empirically the impacts of labor market policies – in terms of unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market programs (ALMP) – on the duration and outcome of job search and on the quality of a subsequent job. We find that time invested in job search tends to pay off in the form of higher earnings once a job match is formed. More generous UI raises expected unemployment duration, while improving the quality of the resultant job. Participation in ALMP raises the probability of finding a job and the level of expected earnings, but at the cost of lengthening job search.

Keywords: MMPH; timing-of-events; job search; multivariate hazards; NPMLE; job quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C15 C41 J64 J65 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2008-10
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Published - revised version published as 'Job search incentives and job match quality' in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 438-450

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