risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …

We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a …. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means they are … likely to exist also in other countries. -- unemployment ; optimal unemployment insurance ; liquidity constraints ; mental …

unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …

In Belgium school-leavers are entitled to unemployment benefits after a waiting period and eligible to intensified …