Title:

Do Low-Wage Workers React Less to Longer Unemployment Benefits? Quasi-experimental Evidence

Authors:

Mário Centeno (Bank of Portugal)
Alvaro Novo (U Lusófona, Bank of Portugal)

Journal:

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Year:

2014

Volume:

76

Pages:

185-207

JEL codes:

D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation)
J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc.
J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings