Job-Seeking Behavior In Young Adults: Do Unemployment Insurance Benefits Hurt Job Search Efforts?

Keywords

job-seeking behavior; Unemployment insurance; young adults

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the association between extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and young adults’ job-seeking behavior. In particular, the study evaluated if the extension of UI benefits to 99 weeks in 2008 had direct effects on job search efforts. Three waves (2007–2009) of data (N = 915) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were analyzed using multiple regression models to assess the association of UI benefits to young adults’ job search efforts. Additionally, the homogeneity of slope coefficients of the UI benefit on job search effort was evaluated across 3 years using an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results of regression analyses suggest that UI benefits were negatively associated with job search efforts for 2007 and the pooled sample of 2007 to 2009, but the relationship was not significant for 2008 and 2009. The results of the ANCOVA suggest that the UI benefit extension of 2008 did not have any negative association with job search efforts. Future studies should explore the subjective experiences and decisions young adults make in consideration of unemployment, UI benefits, and job search efforts.

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Journal of Social Service Research

Volume

41

Issue

1

Number of Pages

133-140

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2014.964900

Socpus ID

84920654497 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84920654497

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