We use Norwegian micro-data to identify the driving forces behind unemployment spells following temporary- and … permanent dismissals. The duration of unemployment spells for permanently dismissed workers is primarily explained by individual …

Based on administrative data from Norway, we explore the "grey area" between the roles of unemployment- and temporary … similar to its effect on the propensity to claim unemployment insurance. Based on this finding, we question whether it is …

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

’ 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 …

Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market … programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the …

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