J Ignacio García-Pérez

Biographic Data

ID5736267
NAMEJ Ignacio García-Pérez
GIVEN NAMESJ Ignacio
FAMILY NAMEGarcía-Pérez
SIGNATUREGARCÍA-PÉREZ J I
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad Pablo de Olavide , Seville, Spain & FEDEA, Spain
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • Moral Hazard Versus Liquidity and the Optimal Timing of Unemployment Benefits

    Open AccessRodolfo G Campos, José Ignacio García Pérez et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal2022

    We develop a novel way of identifying the liquidity and moral hazard effects of unemployment insurance exclusively from how job-finding rates respond to unemployment benefits that vary over an unemployment spell. We derive a sufficient statistics formula for the dynamically optimal level of unemployment benefits based on these two effects. Using a regression kink design (RKD) that simultaneously exploits two kinks in the schedule of unemployment …

  • Can Fixed-term Contracts Put Low Skilled Youth on a Better Career Path? Evidence from Spain

    Open AccessJosé Ignacio García Pérez, J Ignacio García-Pérez et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal2019Cited by: 2References: 18

    By reducing the commitment made by employers, fixed-term contracts can help low-skilled youth find a first job. However, the long-term impact of fixed-term contracts on these workers’ careers may be negative. Using Spanish social security data, we analyze the impact of a large liberalization in the regulation of fixed-term contracts in 1984. Using a cohort regression discontinuity design, we find that the reform raised the likelihood of male high…