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Title: | Long-term unemployment subsidies and middle-age disadvantaged workers’ health |
Author: | García-Pérez, José Ignacio Serrano-Alarcón, Manuel Vall Castelló, Judit |
Keywords: | Aturats Subsidi d'atur Persones desfavorides Unemployed Unemployment insurance People with social disabilities |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB20/16] |
Abstract: | We estimate the labour market and health effects of a long-term unemployment (LTU) subsidy targeted to middle aged disadvantaged workers. In order to do so, we exploit a Spanish reform introduced in July 2012 that increased the age eligibility threshold to receive the subsidy from 52 to 55. Using a within-cohort identification strategy, we show that men ineligible for the subsidy were more likely to leave the labour force. In terms of health outcomes, although we do not report impacts on hospitalizations when considering the whole sample, we do find significant results when we separate the analysis by main diagnosis and gender. More specifically, we show a reduction by 12.9% in hospitalizations due to injuries as well as a drop by 2 percentage points in the probability of a mental health diagnosis for men who were eligible for the LTU subsidy. Our results highlight the role of long-term unemployment benefits as a protecting device for the health (both physical and mental) of middle aged, low educated men who are in a disadvantaged position in the labour market. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Doc2020-16.pdf |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2020/16 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/175696 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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