van Ours, Jan C.Vodopivec, Milan2012-06-262012-06-262006-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9005This paper investigates how the potential duration of unemployment benefits affects the quality of post-unemployment jobs. It takes advantage of a natural experiment introduced by a change in Slovenia's unemployment insurance law that substantially reduced the potential benefit duration. Although this reduction strongly increased job finding rates, the quality of the post-unemployment jobs remained unaffected. The paper finds that the law change had no effect on the type of contract (temporary versus permanent), the duration of the post-unemployment job, or the wage earned in the job.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSAVERAGE WAGEBENEFIT ENTITLEMENTSBUSINESS CYCLECASH BENEFITSCOLLUSIONCOUNSELINGDEPENDENTSDISABILITYELASTICITYELIGIBILITYEMPLOYMENT OFFICEEMPLOYMENT OFFICESEMPLOYMENT SERVICESENTITLEMENTFORMAL SECTOR WORKERSHUMAN CAPITALINCENTIVE EFFECTSINCOME SUPPORTINFORMATIONJOBJOB DURATIONJOB MATCHJOB MATCHESJOB OFFERSJOB SEARCHJOB SEPARATIONJOB TENUREJOB VACANCIESJOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCEJOBSLABOR MARKET CONDITIONSMARGINAL PRODUCTIVITYMORAL HAZARDOCCUPATIONOLDER WOMENOLDER WORKERSPAYING JOBSPERMANENT JOBPERMANENT JOBSPOSITIVE EFFECTSPREVIOUS WAGEPREVIOUS WORKPREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCEPREVIOUS WORKINGPROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELRE-EMPLOYMENT BONUSESSELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL SECURITYSTABLE JOBSTEMPORARY JOBTEMPORARY JOBSTRAINING COURSESTRANSITION COUNTRIESUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERSUNEMPLOYED WORKERSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCEUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEMUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONUNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMUNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMESUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT SPELLUNEMPLOYMENT SPELLSVOCATIONAL SCHOOLWAGE DATAWAGE GAINSWAGE LEVELWAGESWORK EXPERIENCEWORKERWORKERSWORKING EXPERIENCEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4031