Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market

In response to the recession of 2007–2009, the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) benefits was extended to an unprecedented 99 weeks. We exploit variation in the timing and size of the UI benefit extensions across states to estimate their overall impact on unemployment exits, compa...

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Volume:	50
Main Author:	Henry S. Farber Robert G. Valletta
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	MADISON University of Wisconsin Press 01.10.2015 UNIV WISCONSIN PRESS
published in:	The Journal of human resources Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 873 - 909
Data of publication:	20151001
ISSN:	0022-166X 1548-8004
EISSN:	1548-8004
Discipline:	Economics Business Statistics
Subjects:	2009 21st century Law and legislation United States Unemployment insurance Economic conditions History Unemployment Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Influence Statistics United States INSURANCE ERRORS JOB GREAT RECESSION DURATION
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2015 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS