Base period, qualifying period and the equilibrium rate of unemployment
By: by Elke J. Jahn, Thomas Wagner.
Contributors: Wagner, Thomas.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2151; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2151
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Unemployment insurance -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Unemployment benefits, benefit duration, base period and qualifying period are constituent parameters of the unemployment insurance system in most OECD countries. From economic research we know that the amount and duration of unemployment benefits increase unemployment. To analyze the effects of the other two parameters we use a matching model with search frictions and show that there is a trade-off between the qualifying and the base period on the one hand and the amount and duration of the unemployment benefits on the other. A country that combines a high level of unemployment benefits with a long benefit duration can neutralize the effect on the equilibrium rate of unemployment with a long qualifying and/or a short base period"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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