Based on a sequence of reforms in the Norwegian unemployment insurance (UI) system, we show that activity-oriented UI … limitations on unconditional UI entitlements, and high sanction probabilities - deliver substantially shorter unemployment spells … introduction of a soft constraint appears particularly effec-tive; our results show that the expected unemployment duration falls …

We examine empirically the impacts of labor market policies – in terms of unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor … expected unemployment duration, while improving the quality of the resultant job. Participation in ALMP raises the probability …

This study describes the probability of transition from unemployment with unemployment insurance (UI) to sickness with …

equilibrium unemployment. …

In recent years, the OECD has measured the structural rate of unemployment by an indicator called the Non …-Accelerating Wage Rate of Unemployment. The NAWRU-indicator is an important element in the policy analysis of the OECD. The rise in the … estimated NAWRUs is also taken as evidence that Nordic unemployment, as well as unemployment in the rest of Europe, has …

’ transition rates from unemployment to employment.Based on Norwegian register data from the 1989-2002 period, we show that this … indicator,in contrast to the aggregate rate of unemployment, correlates well with an expost-calculated GDP-based business cycle … unemployment rate, both at an aggregate and a disaggregate level, and hence improve policy makers ability to assess current labour …

rates of unemployment during their whole prime-age work career. Building on a unique combination of micro- and macro data …

This paper examines the intergenerational correlation in unemployment in Norway and, by use of the sibling … unemployment. Confirming existing evidence, I find a substantial intergenerational correlation in unemployment. Approximately half … measures of parental unemployment. …