dc.contributor.advisor | Chetty, Raj | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Katz, Lawrence F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nekoei, Arash | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-06T20:06:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-06-06 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Nekoei, Arash. 2014. Essays on Unemployment and Labor Supply. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University. | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11557 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274505 | |
dc.description.abstract | Contrary to the predictions of standard reservation-wage search models, empirical studies consistently find that an extension of UI increases unemployment duration \textit{without} improving subsequent wages. Chapter 1 addresses this puzzle in two steps. First, using administrative data from Austria and an age-based regression discontinuity design, we show that an extension of UI eligibility by nine weeks increases the average reemployment wage by a statistically significant 0.5\%. We find that the UI effect on both unemployment durations and reemployment wages is larger for individuals with a high ex-ante likelihood of benefit exhaustion and for those laid off during local industry-specific downturns. Second, we show both theoretically and empirically that the UI effect on expected wage is determined by two offsetting forces: (i) agents on UI increase their reservation wages, which raises subsequent wages, but (ii) they also stay unemployed longer and thus experience a greater decrease in job opportunities, which reduces subsequent wages. Together, these results show that UI does have an economically significant impact on job quality consistent with theoretical predictions. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economics | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dash.license | META_ONLY | |
dc.subject | Economics | en_US |
dc.title | Essays on Unemployment and Labor Supply | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis or Dissertation | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Nekoei, Arash | |
dash.embargo.until | 10000-01-01 | |
thesis.degree.date | 2014 | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Economics | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | Harvard University | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en_US |
thesis.degree.name | Ph.D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Glaeser, Edward | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hendren, Nathaniel | en_US |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Nekoei, Arash | |