This paper examines the effects of unemployment benefit duration in Finland. To overcome the problem that the maximum … period, potential benefit duration at the beginning of unemployment spells varies across individuals because only those with … we estimate that one extra week of benefits increases expected unemployment duration by 0.15 weeks, which corresponds to …

We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour … out of unemployment insurance benefit receipt. We find evidence of a negative lock-in effect and a positive post …-treatment effect, both of which vary across individuals. The resulting net effect on the expected unemployment duration is positive for …

place various labour market institutions that encourage early retirement, such as exceptional entitlements or looser … criteria for unemployment and disability benefits applied to older individuals. We present evidence that these two factors … extension of unemployment benefits until the earliest age for drawing old age pension. Furthermore, our findings imply that a …

unemployment exit hazard, which can be attributed to fewer exits to both employment and inactivity. The implied elasticities …Many countries have a two-tiered unemployment compensation system which provides earnings-related unemployment … insurance for a limited period of time and less generous unemployment assistance thereafter. This study evaluates the effects of …

This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor … lengthen nonemployment spells and decrease time spent in part-time unemployment, and thus result in more full-time unemployment …. Also the re-employment probability and post-unemployment wage are negatively affected. The results for the duration of the …