Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2003:5: Improving incentives in unemployment insurance: A review of recent research
Peter Fredriksson () and Bertil Holmlund ()
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Peter Fredriksson: IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Postal: P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Bertil Holmlund: Department of Economics, Uppsala university, Postal: Box 513, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract: This paper provides a review of the recent literature on how incentives in unemployment insurance (UI) can be improved. We are particularly concerned with three instruments, viz. the duration of benefit payments (or more generally the time sequencing of benefits), monitoring in conjunction with sanctions, and workfare. Our reading of the theoretical literature is that the case for imposing a penalty on less active job search is fairly solid. A growing number of empirical studies, including randomized experiments, are in line with this conclusion.
Keywords: Unemployment insurance; search; monitoring; sanctions; workfare
38 pages, February 11, 2003
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