Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246299 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2009
Version Description: 
This version: June 2, 2020
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
Using administrative data for Upper Austrian workers from 2003-2013, we show that an extension in unemployment insurance (UI) duration increases unemployment length and impacts worker physical and mental health. These effects vary by gender. Specifically, we find that women eligible for an additional 9 weeks of UI benefits fill fewer opioid and antidepressant prescriptions and experience a lower likelihood of filing a disability claim, as compared to non-eligible unemployed women. Moreover, estimates indicate within-household spillovers for young children. For men, we find that extending UI benefit duration increases the likelihood of a cardiac event and eventual disability retirement filing.
Subjects: 
Unemployment insurance
health
disability
opioids
JEL: 
I38
I18
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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