Moral hazard among the employed: Evidence from regression discontinuity
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- Gałecka-Burdziak, Ewa & Jessen, Jonas & Jessen, Robin & Johnston, Andrew, 2024. "Moral Hazard among the Employed: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity," VfS Annual Conference 2024 (Berlin): Upcoming Labor Market Challenges 302445, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Jonas Jessen & Robin Jessen & Andrew C. Johnston & Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak, 2025. "Moral Hazard among the Employed: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity," NBER Working Papers 33450, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
Unemployment insurance; spell duration; regression discontinuity; endogenous separations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2025-03-10 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LAB-2025-03-10 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2025-03-10 (Public Economics)
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