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Title: Unemployment Insurance and the Duration of Unemployment: A Note on Ehrenberg and Oaxaca
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1. Hills, Stephen M.
Unemployment Insurance and the Duration of Unemployment: A Note on Ehrenberg and Oaxaca
Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1979
Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): Earnings; Income Dynamics/Shocks; Job Search; Job Tenure; Unemployment Duration; Unemployment Insurance; Wages, Reservation

This study tests the sensitivity of the earlier results of Ehrenberg and Oaxaca. The findings indicate that for male job changers, the amount of previous wages replaced by Unemployment Insurance has little effect on duration of unemployment. Local labor market conditions and personal considerations appear to be more important than U.I.
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Hills, Stephen M. "Unemployment Insurance and the Duration of Unemployment: A Note on Ehrenberg and Oaxaca." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1979.