Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92352 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Policy [ISSN:] 2193-9004 [Volume:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 1-12
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit insurance on steady-state employment, the short-term effects of benefit reforms are not well-established. This paper contributes to fill this gap by estimating impulse responses to benefit reform shocks identified for a panel of OECD countries. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have negative short-run effects in bad times.
Subjects: 
institutions
reforms
labor market
macroeconomic conditions
impulse response function
institutions
reforms
labor market
macroeconomic conditions
impulse response function
JEL: 
E02
E24
E60
J38
J58
J68
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Document Type: 
Article

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