%0 Report %A Gaure, Simen %A Røed, Knut %A Westlie, Lars %T The Impacts of Labor Market Policies on Job Search Behavior and Post-Unemployment Job Quality %D 2008 %8 2008 Oct %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 3802 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3802 %X We examine empirically the impacts of labor market policies – in terms of unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market programs (ALMP) – on the duration and outcome of job search and on the quality of a subsequent job. We find that time invested in job search tends to pay off in the form of higher earnings once a job match is formed. More generous UI raises expected unemployment duration, while improving the quality of the resultant job. Participation in ALMP raises the probability of finding a job and the level of expected earnings, but at the cost of lengthening job search. %K MMPH %K timing-of-events %K job search %K multivariate hazards %K NPMLE %K job quality