Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Subject "C41"

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    Title: Cash-on-Hand and the Duration of Job Search. Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Norway  Author(s): BASTEN, Christoph; FAGERENG, Andreas; TELLE, Kjetil Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a discontinuity in eligibility at age 50. We find that a severance payment worth 1.2 months’ earnings at the ...
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    Title: Claiming Social Security Benefits Early to Retire Later  Author(s): FAWAZ, Yarine Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper examines Social Security benefit claiming behavior in the US using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to implement a duration model. It focuses essentially on the rushing/delaying behavior of the unemployed ...