Analisa Packham: Effects of Unemployment Insurance Duration on Nonemployment, Wages, and Health
Existing research shows that unemployment insurance (UI) subsidizes job search. In this paper, we provide new evidence that these labor market responses vary by gender and that longer UI duration affects workers’ welfare outside of the labor market. Specifically, using administrative data for Austrian workers, we show that female workers eligible for 9 additional weeks of UI benefits experience wage gains, fill fewer opioid and antidepressant prescriptions, and are less likely to eventually claim disability. For male workers, extending UI duration does not lead to improvements in wages or health but increases the likelihood of early retirement and disability filing.
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