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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: Unemployment Insurance and Home Production  Author(s): TASKIN, Temel Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: In this paper, we incorporate home production into a quantitative model of unemployment and show that realistic levels of home production have a significant impact on the optimal unemployment insurance rate. Motivated by ...
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    Title: Reassessing Labor Market Reforms: Temporary Contracts as a Screening Device  Author(s): FACCINI, Renato Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Standard models of temporary contracts are either inconclusive, or fail to ac- count for the positive correlation between temporary contracts and the employ- ment rate, and for the high transition rates into permanent ...
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    Title: Asset Based Unemployment Insurance  Author(s): RENDAHL, Pontus Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper studies a model of optimal redistribution policies in which agents face unemployment risk and in which savings may provide partial self-insurance. Moral hazard arises as job search effort is unobservable. The ...
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    Title: Labor Turnover before Plant Closure: ‘Leaving the sinking ship’ vs. ‘Captain throwing ballast overboard’  Author(s): SCHWERDT, Guido Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Involuntary job loss in administrative data is commonly identified by focusing on mass-layoffs or plant closures. However, such events usually do not happen without prior knowledge, which potentially leads to selection ...
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    Title: Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth  Author(s): POSCHKE, Markus Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper analyzes the effect of firing costs on aggregate productivity growth. For this purpose, a model of endogenous growth through selection and imitation is developed. It is consistent with recent evidence on firm ...