This paper examines the effects of unemployment benefit duration in Finland. To overcome the problem that the maximum … period, potential benefit duration at the beginning of unemployment spells varies across individuals because only those with … we estimate that one extra week of benefits increases expected unemployment duration by 0.15 weeks, which corresponds to …

We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour … out of unemployment insurance benefit receipt. We find evidence of a negative lock-in effect and a positive post …-treatment effect, both of which vary across individuals. The resulting net effect on the expected unemployment duration is positive for …

This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor … lengthen nonemployment spells and decrease time spent in part-time unemployment, and thus result in more full-time unemployment …. Also the re-employment probability and post-unemployment wage are negatively affected. The results for the duration of the …