Potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes for older workers with health impairments in Germany

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Standard

Potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes for older workers with health impairments in Germany. / Petrunyk, Inna; Pfeifer, Christian.
in: Bulletin of Economic Research, Jahrgang 75, Nr. 1, 01.2023, S. 111-118.

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Harvard

APA

Vancouver

Bibtex

@article{fc9806e82d69418ebb5a8e4e81c7dc2b,
title = "Potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes for older workers with health impairments in Germany",
abstract = "This research note estimates the causal effects of a cut in the potential duration of regular unemployment benefits for older workers in Germany on the labor market outcomes of individuals with health impairments. The analyzed reform is a natural experiment that allows a difference-in-differences strategy with treatment intensity. The results provide evidence for a significant decrease in the number of days in regular unemployment benefits and an increase in the number of days in employment. However, the results also suggest a significant increase in the number of days in unemployment (social) assistance, which are granted upon exhaustion of regular unemployment benefits.",
keywords = "difference-in-differences, labor market reform, policy evaluation, unemployment insurance, Economics",
author = "Inna Petrunyk and Christian Pfeifer",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Bulletin of Economic Research published by Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1111/boer.12343",
language = "English",
volume = "75",
pages = "111--118",
journal = "Bulletin of Economic Research",
issn = "0307-3378",
publisher = "John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes for older workers with health impairments in Germany

AU - Petrunyk, Inna

AU - Pfeifer, Christian

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Bulletin of Economic Research published by Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PY - 2023/1

Y1 - 2023/1

N2 - This research note estimates the causal effects of a cut in the potential duration of regular unemployment benefits for older workers in Germany on the labor market outcomes of individuals with health impairments. The analyzed reform is a natural experiment that allows a difference-in-differences strategy with treatment intensity. The results provide evidence for a significant decrease in the number of days in regular unemployment benefits and an increase in the number of days in employment. However, the results also suggest a significant increase in the number of days in unemployment (social) assistance, which are granted upon exhaustion of regular unemployment benefits.

AB - This research note estimates the causal effects of a cut in the potential duration of regular unemployment benefits for older workers in Germany on the labor market outcomes of individuals with health impairments. The analyzed reform is a natural experiment that allows a difference-in-differences strategy with treatment intensity. The results provide evidence for a significant decrease in the number of days in regular unemployment benefits and an increase in the number of days in employment. However, the results also suggest a significant increase in the number of days in unemployment (social) assistance, which are granted upon exhaustion of regular unemployment benefits.

KW - difference-in-differences

KW - labor market reform

KW - policy evaluation

KW - unemployment insurance

KW - Economics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129611718&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/906ed56c-1865-3f1f-8c88-ba692bb40524/

U2 - 10.1111/boer.12343

DO - 10.1111/boer.12343

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85129611718

VL - 75

SP - 111

EP - 118

JO - Bulletin of Economic Research

JF - Bulletin of Economic Research

SN - 0307-3378

IS - 1

ER -

DOI