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dc.contributor.authorLalive, Rafaelen
dc.contributor.authorvan Ours, Jan C.en
dc.contributor.authorZweimüller, Josefen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:52:16Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:52:16Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18701-
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies how changes in the two key parameters of unemployment insurance – thebenefit replacement rate (RR) and the potential duration of benefits (PBD) – affect theduration of unemployment. In 1989, the Austrian government made unemployment insurancemore generous by changing, simultaneously, the maximum duration of regular unemploymentbenefits and the earnings replacement ratio. We find that increasing the replacement ratio hasmuch weaker disincentive effects than increasing the maximum duration of benefits. We usethese results to split up the total costs to unemployment insurance funds into costs due tochanges in the unemployment insurance system and costs due to behavioral responses ofunemployed workers. Results indicate that costs due to behavioural responses are substantial.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1337en
dc.subject.jelJ64en
dc.subject.jelJ65en
dc.subject.jelC41en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordmaximum benefit durationen
dc.subject.keywordreplacement rateen
dc.subject.keywordunemployment durationen
dc.subject.keywordunemployment insuranceen
dc.subject.keywordpolicy changeen
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosenversicherungen
dc.subject.stwReformen
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwDaueren
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwÖsterreichen
dc.titleHow changes in financial incentives affect the duration of unemployment-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn477414028en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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