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Duration of Unemployment in Spain: Relative Effects of Unemployment Benefit and Family Characteristics

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  • Ahn, Namkee
  • Ugidos-Olazabal, Arantza

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We estimate the effects of unemployment benefit and family situation on the unemployment duration in Spain. Empirical results indicate that the distinctions between the exits into employment and the exists from the labor force and between men and women are important. Although unemployment benefit reduces significantly the job-finding probabilities, its effects are much larger on exists from the labor force. Many people who decide to go out of the labor force delay their exists until they exhaust their unemployment benefits. Family situation also has strong effects on the duration of unemployment in Spain. Household heads have about twice larger job-finding probability than non-heads, and having a working household head or other working household members improves employment probability. This suggests that family connections in the labor market are important determinants of unemployment duration in Spain. Copyright 1995 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Article provided by Department of Economics, University of Oxford in its journal Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics.

Volume (Year): 57 (1995)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 249-64

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Handle: RePEc:bla:obuest:v:57:y:1995:i:2:p:249-64

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  1. Canziani, Patrizia & Petrongolo, Barbara, 2001. "Firing costs and stigma: A theoretical analysis and evidence from microdata," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 45(10), pages 1877-1906, December.
  2. Labeaga, José M. & Molina, José Alberto & Navarro, María, 2011. "Deprivation using satisfaction measures in Spain: An evaluation of unemployment benefits," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 287-310, March.
  3. Namkee Ahn & J. Ignacio García Pérez, 2000. "Unemployment duration and workers' wage aspirations in Spain," Economics Working Papers 426, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
  4. Encarnación Cordón Lagares & Félix García Ordaz, 2010. "Evaluación paramétrica y no paramétrica del desempleo pesquero en Marruecos: Una aplicación para el caso andaluz," Revista de Estudios Regionales, Universidades Públicas de Andalucía, vol. 1, pages 17-44.
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  6. Bover, O. & Arellano, M. & Bentolila, S., 1997. "Unemployment Duration, Benefit Duration, and the Business Cycle," Papers 9717, Centro de Estudios Monetarios Y Financieros-.
  7. María Dolores Guilló & Antonia Díaz, 1998. "- Some Stylized Facts Of Spanish Unemployment," Working Papers. Serie AD 1998-04, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
  8. Ayala, Luis & Rodriguez, Magdalena, 2007. "Barriers to employment and welfare dynamics: Evidence from Spain," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 237-257.
  9. Sabatier, Mareva, 2002. "Strategies D'Insertion Et Duree D'Acces Au Premier Emploi
    [Job search strategies and unemployment duration before the first job]    ," MPRA Paper 10500, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  10. Stephen P. Jenkins & Carlos García-Serrano, 2000. "Re-Employment Probabilities for Spanish Men: What Role Does the Unemployment Benefit System Play?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 216, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
  11. Namkee Ahn & Arantza Ugidos, 1996. "The effects of the labor market situation of parents on children: inheritance of unemployment," Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI, vol. 20(1), pages 23-41, January.
  12. Sabatier, Mareva, 2001. "Modes de recherche d’emploi et durée de chômage des jeunes : applications microéconométriques au Panel Téléphonique du CEREQ
    [Job search methods and youth unemployed duration]    ," MPRA Paper 10496, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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