Re-employment probabilities of unemployment benefit recipients

This article studies transitions out of unemployment for benefit recipients in Spain. We analyse the duration of unemployment, distinguishing between spells that end in recall (workers returning to the previous employer) and spells that end in exit to a new job. This distinction allows us to find th...

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Authors: Alba Ramírez, Alfonso, Arranz Muñoz, José María|||0000-0001-8112-2867, Muñoz Bullón, Fernando
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/21801
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/21801
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.579067
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Unemployment duration
Recall
Unemployment insurance
Unemployment assistance
Competing risks model
C41
J64
J65
Economía
Estadística
Economics
Statistics
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Summary:This article studies transitions out of unemployment for benefit recipients in Spain. We analyse the duration of unemployment, distinguishing between spells that end in recall (workers returning to the previous employer) and spells that end in exit to a new job. This distinction allows us to find that the recall hazard rate increases around the time of exhaustion of benefits. However, this happens only for workers receiving Unemployment Insurance (UI). Because we are unable to replicate this result for workers receiving Unemployment Assistance (UA), we believe the finding lends support to the hypothesis that in Spain firms and workers make a strategic use of UI