Discontinuity of employment and unemployment insurance reform: what effects on the job seekers' income and return to work (DISRAC)

Project holder: 

Sabina Issehnane (LIED, Université Paris Cité / CNAM-CEET)

Research team:

Thibaud Deguilhem (LADYSS, Université Paris Cité)

Redha Fares (LIED, Université Paris Cité)

Wided Merchaoui (CNAM-CEET / DEPS Ministère de la Culture) 

Antoine Rebérioux (LADYSS, Université Paris Cité)

Camille Signoretto (LADYSS, Université Paris Cité)

Nicolas Yol (EconomiX, Université Paris Nanterre)

Project description: 

This research project aims to evaluate the effects of the unemployment insurance reform, and in particular the effect of the new method of calculating the Daily Reference Wage (which is used to determine unemployment compensation), introduced on 1 October 2021, on jobseekers with non-continuous employment pathways. Using MiDAS data, we mobilize two evaluation methods. First, using an optimal matching method coupled with an econometric analysis, we seek to identify a typology of jobseeker trajectories, in particular those with split employment histories, and to study their evolution following the reform. Secondly, we will use a staggered difference-in-differences method to assess the impact of this reform on jobseekers' income, on the quality of jobs found, and on the rights of unemployment insurance consumed.