Replication data for: Market Externalities of Large Unemployment Insurance Extension Programs

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Rafael Lalive; Camille Landais; Josef Zweimüller

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Project Citation:

Lalive, Rafael, Landais, Camille, and Zweimüller, Josef. Replication data for: Market Externalities of Large Unemployment Insurance Extension Programs. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112952V1

Project Description

Summary: We provide evidence that unemployment insurance affects equilibrium conditions in the labor market, which creates significant "market externalities." We provide a framework for identification of such equilibrium effects and implement it using the Regional Extension Benefit Program (REBP) in Austria which extended the duration of UI benefits for a large group of eligible workers in selected regions of Austria. We show that non-eligible workers in REBP regions have higher job finding rates, lower unemployment durations, and a lower risk of long-term unemployment. We discuss the implications of our results for optimal UI policy. (JEL E24, J64, J65, R23)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
      J64 Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
      J65 Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics

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