Dorian Kessler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4016062 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorian Kessler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorian |
| FAMILY NAME | Kessler |
| SIGNATURE | KESSLER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bern University of Applied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0495-0858 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unemployment Insurance and the Family
We investigate how unemployment insurance generosity impacts reemployment and economic precarity by family type. With Swiss longitudinal administrative data and a regression discontinuity design using potential benefit duration, we examine differences between single households and primary and secondary or equal earners, as well as differences by gender and presence of children. Less generous unemployment insurance (shorter potential benefit durat…
Randomized Controlled Trial of Counseling Approach for Long-Term Welfare Recipients in Switzerland
Purpose This study examines the impact of “Change in Direction,” a counseling approach for long-term social assistance recipients in Switzerland. Method The results of the study are based on a randomized controlled trial ( n intervention group = 31/32, n comparison group = 50/48). Outcome measures were obtained from a two-wave survey and administrative data. Results The intervention increased clients’ mastery (= experience of competence, β = .46,…
What limits intra-household insurance or the 'Added Worker Effect
The 'Added Worker Effect' (AWE) theory posits that partners of the unemployed provide intra-household insurance by increasing their earnings. However, estimates of the AWE are small. Popular explanations include lacking need (e.g. due to generous unemployment benefits), capacity or willingness to increase earnings, though these explanations are seldom tested systematically. Using Swiss administrative data and difference-in-differences estimates, …
Weathering the storm together
This study examines whether unemployment insurance benefit generosity impacts divorce, drawing on full population administrative data and a Swiss reform that reduced unemployment insurance maximum benefit duration. We assess the effect of the reform by comparing the pre- to the post-reform change in divorce rates among unemployed individuals who were affected by the reform with the change in divorce rates among a statistically balanced group of u…
Measuring public‐private‐substitution after divorce
Both public social assistance and private child and spousal support reduce the poverty risks of single parent households. However, research on system interactions has highlighted that social assistance eligibility is often denied for households that have a private support order. Such public‐private substitution reduces social expenditures but undermines poverty reduction and prolongs economic dependency in separated couples. Using Swiss administr…
The Influence of Educational Expansion on Partnership Stability
This study examines the association between educational attainment and separation risks in marital or non-marital first partnerships to query the extent to which educational expansion has affected trends in partnership stability. Because the educational gradient in separation changed from being positive for women (and, to a lesser extent, for men) to being statistically non-significant at the same time as educational expansion took place, the lat…
What limits intra-household insurance or the 'Added Worker Effect
The 'Added Worker Effect' (AWE) theory posits that partners of the unemployed provide intra-household insurance by increasing their earnings. However, estimates of the AWE are small. Popular explanations include lacking need (e.g. due to generous unemployment benefits), capacity or willingness to increase earnings, though these explanations are seldom tested systematically. Using Swiss administrative data and difference-in-differences estimates, …
Weathering the storm together
This study examines whether unemployment insurance benefit generosity impacts divorce, drawing on full population administrative data and a Swiss reform that reduced unemployment insurance maximum benefit duration. We assess the effect of the reform by comparing the pre- to the post-reform change in divorce rates among unemployed individuals who were affected by the reform with the change in divorce rates among a statistically balanced group of u…
The Influence of Educational Expansion on Partnership Stability
This study examines the association between educational attainment and separation risks in marital or non-marital first partnerships to query the extent to which educational expansion has affected trends in partnership stability. Because the educational gradient in separation changed from being positive for women (and, to a lesser extent, for men) to being statistically non-significant at the same time as educational expansion took place, the lat…
Measuring public‐private‐substitution after divorce
Both public social assistance and private child and spousal support reduce the poverty risks of single parent households. However, research on system interactions has highlighted that social assistance eligibility is often denied for households that have a private support order. Such public‐private substitution reduces social expenditures but undermines poverty reduction and prolongs economic dependency in separated couples. Using Swiss administr…
Weathering the storm together
This study examines whether unemployment insurance benefit generosity impacts divorce, drawing on full population administrative data and a Swiss reform that reduced unemployment insurance maximum benefit duration. We assess the effect of the reform by comparing the pre- to the post-reform change in divorce rates among unemployed individuals who were affected by the reform with the change in divorce rates among a statistically balanced group of u…
What limits intra-household insurance or the 'Added Worker Effect
The 'Added Worker Effect' (AWE) theory posits that partners of the unemployed provide intra-household insurance by increasing their earnings. However, estimates of the AWE are small. Popular explanations include lacking need (e.g. due to generous unemployment benefits), capacity or willingness to increase earnings, though these explanations are seldom tested systematically. Using Swiss administrative data and difference-in-differences estimates, …
Unemployment Insurance and the Family
We investigate how unemployment insurance generosity impacts reemployment and economic precarity by family type. With Swiss longitudinal administrative data and a regression discontinuity design using potential benefit duration, we examine differences between single households and primary and secondary or equal earners, as well as differences by gender and presence of children. Less generous unemployment insurance (shorter potential benefit durat…
Randomized Controlled Trial of Counseling Approach for Long-Term Welfare Recipients in Switzerland
Purpose This study examines the impact of “Change in Direction,” a counseling approach for long-term social assistance recipients in Switzerland. Method The results of the study are based on a randomized controlled trial ( n intervention group = 31/32, n comparison group = 50/48). Outcome measures were obtained from a two-wave survey and administrative data. Results The intervention increased clients’ mastery (= experience of competence, β = .46,…
Economics (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Unemployment (3 works)