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Seek and Ye Shall Find: How Search Requirements Affect Job Finding Rates of Older Workers
- 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
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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.
- Subjects :
- Economics and Econometrics
job finding
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eligibility criteria
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Affect (psychology)
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jel:J64
jel:J65
unemployment benefits
older workers
Business economics
Unemployment
Economics
Demographic economics
Duration (project management)
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Public finance
Subjects
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