This paper examines the impact of the fourth partial revision of the law of unemployment insurance (AVIG) on … unemployment dynamics in Switzerland at a cantonal level. The authors apply the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), a matching method … unemployment rate at a cantonal level: the reform had a discernible impact on lowering the unemployment rate in the Italian- and …

entitlement of the maximum unemployment benefit duration to identify the medium-run effects of reduced benefit durations on post-unemployment …

rate from un- employment can be decomposed in a way that is informative on reservation wage movements over the unemployment … in a regression-discontinuity approach to identify the effects of extended benefit durations on unemployment and survivor … direct implications for the optimal design of unemployment insurance policies. …