The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Sanctions on the Transition Rate from Unemployment to Employment

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 96-132/3

44 Pages Posted: 29 Mar 1999

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Jaap H. Abbring

Tilburg University - Department of Econometrics & Operations Research; Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER); Tinbergen Institute; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Gerard J. van den Berg

University of Groningen; VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Tinbergen Institute

Jan C. van Ours

Tilburg University - Department of Economics; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

Date Written: March 5, 1998

Abstract

This paper finds that unemployment insurance sanctions substantially raise individual transition rates from unemployment to employment. Sanctions are punitive benefits reductions that are supposed to make recipients comply with certain minimum requirements concerning search behavior. We provide a theoretical analysis and we use a unique administrative data set of individuals who started collecting unemployment insurance in the Netherlands in 1992. We deal with various forms of selectivity involved in the imposition of a sanction. We exploit the timing of events as well as the fact that some respondents experience multiple unemployment spells.

JEL Classification: J65, J64, C41

Suggested Citation

Abbring, Jaap H. and van den Berg, Gerard J. and van Ours, Jan C., The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Sanctions on the Transition Rate from Unemployment to Employment (March 5, 1998). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 96-132/3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=157200 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.157200

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