Job search requirements for older unemployed: Transitions to employment, early retirement and disability benefits
Job search requirements for older unemployed: Transitions to employment, early retirement and disability benefits
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DOI：
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.11.003
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发表时间：
2013-02-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Hochguertel, Stefan
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作者：
Lammers, Marloes;Bloemen, Hans;Hochguertel, Stefan
我们利用荷兰最近的一项政策变化来研究老年失业者寻找要求的变化如何影响他们转向就业、提前退休和疾病/残疾福利的过渡率。这项改革将于2004年1月1日生效，要求老年人向就业办公室正式报告他们的求职努力，以避免(临时)削减福利。在新法律通过之前，失业人员被允许在年满57.5岁时停止所有搜索活动。使用差异法和回归间断法估计不同的持续期模型，我们发现对于受政策变化影响的几组个人来说，更严格的搜索要求显著增加了他们的就业率。然而，我们也发现了更多资金外流到疾病/残疾保险计划的证据，这可能是政策变化的一个不希望看到的副作用。(C)2012爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
We use a recent policy change in the Netherlands to study how changes in search requirements for the older unemployed affect their transition rates to employment, early retirement and sickness/disability benefits. The reform, becoming effective on January 1 2004, requires the elderly to formally report their job search efforts to the employment office in order to avoid a (temporary) cut in benefits. Before the new law was passed, unemployed individuals were allowed to stop all search activity at the moment they turned 57.5. Estimating various duration models using difference-in-difference and regression discontinuity approaches, we find that for several groups of individuals who are affected by the policy change, the stricter search requirements significantly increases their entry rate into employment. However, we also find evidence of a higher outflow to sickness/disability insurance schemes, a presumably unwanted side-effect of the policy change. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.