Unemployment Insurance and the Family
Heterogeneous Effects of Benefit Generosity on Reemployment and Economic Precarity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13090579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ursina Kuhn (0000-0002-0348-7796, Bern University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author), Debra Hevenstone (0000-0001-9555-2497, Bern University of Applied Sciences), L Vandecasteele (0000-0003-0707-4224, University of Lausanne), Samin Sepahniya (FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland), Dorian Kessler (0000-0003-0495-0858, Bern University of Applied Sciences) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 649-679 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2330-6696 • E-ISSN: 2330-6696 |
| Publisher | Society for Sociological Science (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.15195/v11.a24 |
| OpenAlex | W4401566784 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 55 |
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 duration) speeds up reemployment for all family types during the period with benefit cuts whereas longer-term effects are stronger for single households, secondary and equal earners, and those without children. Economic precarity increases for singles, single-parents, and primary earners during the period with lower benefits though there are no long-term effects. We argue that those with higher financial responsibility (i.e., primary earners or those with children) face pressure to find jobs irrespective of benefit generosity whereas those with lower financial responsibility (i.e., secondary or equal earners and those without children) have more capacity to react
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Generosity · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Precarity · Structural unemployment · Unemployment · Welfare · Workfare · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Migration and Labor Dynamics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |