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DO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AFFECT ON‐THE‐JOB SEARCH? EVIDENCE FROM LABOR TURNOVER BEFORE ESTABLISHMENT CLOSURES.

We develop a job search model that predicts that potential job losers would reduce on‐the‐job search (OTJS) effort and job‐to‐job transitions before layoffs, in response to an increase in the potential duration of unemployment benefits (UB). To test this prediction, we exploit changes in the maximum...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 1421 - 1441
Main Author: Gutierrez, Italo A.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2019
Subjects:
Germany
Job hunting
Employees
Unemployed people
Unemployment insurance
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