This group is generally combined with the non-eligible in empirical studies and we show that this misclassification has the potential to introduce upward bias into measures of the disincentive effects of unemployment insurance. We measure the empirical effects of this potential bias by exploiting a data set which allows for the identification of likely eligible non-claimants.
Disincentive effects decline significantly when our reconstructed eligibility date are used.
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