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The effect of unemployment benefits on labour market behaviour in Luxembourg

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  • Ioana C. Salagean
  • Nicholas T. Longford

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We apply the potential outcomes framework to estimate the effect of awarding unemployment benefits on gaining long-term employment after an unemployment spell and on the time it takes to achieve it. We conclude that such awards, regarded as a treatment, are associated with poorer labour force outcomes than no awards.

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  • Ioana C. Salagean & Nicholas T. Longford, 2013. "The effect of unemployment benefits on labour market behaviour in Luxembourg," Statistics in Transition new series, Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Polska), vol. 14(2), pages 249-272, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:csb:stintr:v:14:y:2013:i:2:p:249-272
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