Linking information on unemployment benefit sanctions from different datasets about welfare receipt: proceedings and research potential

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 9 Time lag between different steps in the sanction process

	Min	25. Percentile	Median	75. Percentile	Max	N
All Sanctions
Event → decision	1	23	35	56	180	195,940
Event → start of sanction period	1	45	59	80	328	195,940
Decision → Start of sanction period	0	15	22	28	296	195,940
Mild Sanction
Noncompliance → Decision	1	22	33	50	180	160,375
Noncompliance → Start of Sanction Period	1	44	56	75	295	160,375
Decision → Start of Sanction Period	0	15	22	28	207	160,375
Strong Sanction
Noncompliance → Decision	1	34	52	80	180	35,565
Noncompliance → Start of sanction period	2	57	76	103	328	35,565
Decision → start of sanction period	0	15	22	28	296	35,565

The table displays how many days pass between different steps in the sanction process. Restrictions of dataset 2 apply (see Appendix B). In addition, analysis is limited to sanctions for which more than 0 and less than 180 days pass between event and decision (1743 sanctions excluded)
Source: IEB V14.00.00–190,927, data from the data warehouse (DWH) of the FEA January 2020. Own calculations