Do unemployment benefits help those seeking work to obtain better jobs?

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos

Abstract

Unemployment insurance schemes face a well-known trade-off between providing income support to those out of work and reducing their incentive to look for work. Often overlooked in the public debate is that such support can increase the quality (in terms of wages and duration) of the work found by the unemployed by increasing the time and resources available to an individual to obtain a better job.

Citation

Tatsiramos, K. (2014). Do unemployment benefits help those seeking work to obtain better jobs?. https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.44

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 14, 2014
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 14, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 14, 2017
• Journal: IZA World of Labor
• Electronic ISSN: 2054-9571
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.44
• Keywords: Unemployment insurance schemes face a well-known trade-off between providing income support to those out of work and reducing their incentive to look for work. Often overlooked in the public debate is that such support can increase the quality (in terms o
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/729834
• Publisher URL: https://wol.iza.org/articles/unemployment-benefits-and-job-match-quality
• Additional Information: Article no. 44
• Contract Date: Sep 14, 2017