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The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment Insurance Receipt: New Evidence from a Regression Kink Design in Missouri, 2003–2013

Author(s): Card, David; Johnston, Andrew; Leung, Pauline; Mas, Alexandre; Pei, Zhuan

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dc.contributor.authorCard, David-
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Andrew-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, Pauline-
dc.contributor.authorMas, Alexandre-
dc.contributor.authorPei, Zhuan-
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-02T19:15:35Z-
dc.date.available2020-04-02T19:15:35Z-
dc.date.issued2015-05en_US
dc.identifier.citationCard, David, Johnston, Andrew, Leung, Pauline, Mas, Alexandre, Pei, Zhuan. (2015). The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment Insurance Receipt: New Evidence from a Regression Kink Design in Missouri, 2003–2013. American Economic Review, 105 (5), 126 - 130. doi:10.1257/aer.p20151061en_US
dc.identifier.issn0002-8282-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1rb8d-
dc.description.abstractWe provide new evidence on the effect of the unemployment insurance (UI) weekly benefit amount on unemployment insurance spells based on administrative data from the state of Missouri covering the period 2003-2013. Identification comes from a regression kink design that exploits the quasi-experimental variation around the kink in the UI benefit schedule. We find that UI durations are more responsive to benefit levels during the recession and its aftermath, with an elasticity between 0.65 and 0.9 as compared to about 0.35 pre-recession.en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Economic Reviewen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.en_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment Insurance Receipt: New Evidence from a Regression Kink Design in Missouri, 2003–2013en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1257/aer.p20151061-
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