This paper examines the effects of unemployment benefit duration in Finland. To overcome the problem that the maximum … duration of benefits is the same for all unemployed we exploit two observations. First, despite the uniform maximum benefit … period, potential benefit duration at the beginning of unemployment spells varies across individuals because only those with …

nor multiple measurements, but a correctly reported duration and the presence of some flat segments in the baseline hazard … which includes this correctly reported duration point. We establish the asymptotic properties of the maximum likelihood …

unemployment duration by 5.7 weeks (or 14%), implying an elasticity of 0.86. We find strong behavioral effects as the reform … reduced the expected unemployment duration right from the beginning of the unemployment spell. While the reform had no effect …

sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … estimate multi-spell duration models with selection on unobserved characteristics.We find that a vacancy referral increases the …

unemployment insurance on unemployment duration in Brazil, where we find strong evidence of manipulation at eligibility cutoffs …

In Portugal duration of benefits is exclusively age determined while replacement rates are to all intents and purposes … uniform. We exploit differences in potential maximum duration of benefits for nearly matched pairs of individuals who differ … in age by one year and in potential maximum duration of benefits by three months. In specifications that take account of …

duration dependence in unemployment benefits in a random on the job search model featuring two-sided heterogeneity. General …

-mixed proportional-hazard approach with three durations: the waiting time until treatment, the untreated duration from the baseline, and … the treated duration from the treatment timing. To implement the proposal, we use semiparametric piecewise … subsidy effects on unemployment duration to find about 11.1 month reduction …

a negative relationship between unemployment duration and the subsequent job duration. Restricting the sample to job … even greater negative effect of unemployment duration on the following job duration. The importance lies not only in the … duration of unemployment. If job seekers keep a high reservation wage and a low search intensity because of the benefits of …