TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dieterle, Steven G.
AU  - Bartalotti, Otávio
AU  - Brummet, Quentin
        TI  - Revisiting the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Unemployment: A Measurement Error-Corrected Regression Discontinuity Approach
        PY  - 2018/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11496
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11496
        AB  - We document two potential biases in recent analyses of UI benefit extensions using boundary-based identification: from using county-level aggregates and from across-border policy spillovers. To examine the first bias, we use a regression discontinuity (RD) approach that accounts for measurement error in county-level aggregates. Our results suggest much smaller effects than previous studies, casting doubt on the applicability of border-based designs. We then document substantial spillover effects of UI benefit duration in the form of across-border work patterns that are consistent with increased tightness in high benefit states, providing evidence against a dominant vacancy reduction response to UI extensions.
        KW  - geographic regression discontinuity
KW  - great recession
KW  - unemployment insurance
KW  - policy spillover
        ER  -