SOCIAL TRANSFERS AND UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF THE EU AND TURKEY

Authors : Fadime İrem DOĞAN

Pages : 247-264

Doi:10.14780/muiibd.854363

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Publication Date : 2020-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study investigates the impact of social transfers on labor force participation in three countries insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Turkey, the Netherlands and Spain); across two different labor markets—namely, Turkey and the EU. In conducting the comparative analysis, the focus is on impacts across different periods. Specifically, the study assesses exit from unemployment to employment through an Accelerated Failure Time insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AFT); model, drawing on panel data from the Income and Living Conditions Survey insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SILC and EUSILC); over two periods insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2006–09 and 2011–141); broken down by month insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(i.e. 48 months in each period);. In the 2009-09 period, the empirical results show that in all three countries studied, receipt of social transfers prolongs the duration of unemployment, except for the Netherlands, where the opposite is true. These findings regarding social transfers also indicate that the probability of leaving unemployment is higher for those receiving a variety of transfers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(education, disability, old age, survivors, etc.); for all countries in the 2011–14 period.
Keywords : Social Transfers, Labor Supply, Unemployment Duration, Labor Markets