RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Lock-in Effects of Information on Part-time Unemployment Benefits
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0522-12328R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.0522-12328R2
A1 Benghalem, Hélène
A1 Cahuc, Pierre
A1 Villedieu, Pierre
YR 2023
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/10/02/jhr.0522-12328R2.abstract
AB We conducted a large randomized controlled experiment that provides information on part-time unemployment benefits to unemployment insurance recipients in France. The information provision had a significant positive impact on the propensity to work while on claim, but reduced the unemployment exit rate, showing important lock-in effects into unemployment associated with part-time unemployment benefits. The extension of the duration of compensated unemployment counterbalanced the increase in the number of days worked while on claim so that the net expenditure of unemployment insurance remained unchanged.