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Seek and Ye Shall Find: How Search Requirements Affect Job Finding Rates of Older Workers

Authors :
Patrick Hullegie
Jan C. van Ours
Economics
Department of Economics
Research Group: Economics
Source :
Economist, 162(4), 377-395. Springer Netherlands, Hullegie, P G J & van Ours, J C 2014, ' Seek and Ye Shall Find: How Search Requirements Affect Job Finding Rates of Older Workers ', Economist, vol. 162, no. 4, pp. 377-395 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-014-9241-9, De Economist, 162(4), 377-395. Springer
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

Unemployment insurance recipients in the Netherlands were for a long time exempted from the requirement to actively search for a job when they reached the age of 57.5. We study how this exemption affected the job finding rates of the recipients involved. We find evidence that the job finding rate of unemployed workers who were getting close to the age of 57.5 is reduced in anticipation of the removal of the search requirement. In addition we find a large negative effect on job finding rates of the actual removal of the search requirement. Apparently, even for persons with seemingly poor job prospects search requirements have a positive effect on finding rates.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0013063X
Volume :
162
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Economist
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b96ef12b68869ab481774d9a5bd205aa
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-014-9241-9