Unemployment Insurance in Welfare States:Soft Constraints and Mild Sanctions

Based on a sequence of reforms in the Norwegian unemployment insurance (UI) system, weshow that activity-oriented UI regimes i.e., regimes with a high likelihood of requiredparticipation in active labor market programs, duration limitations on unconditional UIentitlements, and high sanction probabilities deliver substantially shorter unemploymentspells than pure income-insurance regimes...

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Year of publication:	2007-07-01
Authors:	Røed, Knut ; Westlie, Lars
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Wettbewerb \| market microstructure \| Arbeitslosenversicherung

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Extent:	1025024 bytes 49 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 2877 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	C14 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods ; C15 - Statistical Simulation Methods; Monte Carlo Methods ; C41 - Duration Analysis ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings ; J68 - Public Policy ; Occupational safety. Industrial accident prevention. Ergonomics ; Management of insurance ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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