overly long unemployment durations. We examine the infuence of previous wages on unemployment durations for workers after …

data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and duration of sick leave and subsequent unemployment … is associated with higher risk of unemployment. Women have a significantly higher risk then men of unemployment …

(literacy) skills is economically significant. Our estimates imply that a full year of non-employment is associated with skill …

market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials and employment protection, and to the funding of tertiary …

unemployment to employment. We take advantage of the fact that the reforms had quasi-experimental features where the "treatments …In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was … compensation during the first 20 weeks of unemployment. The 2002 reform retained the two-tiered benefit structure but involved also …

of training for unemployed workers in France, using a rich register data set. Training has little impact on unemployment …

This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when … 2001 Swedish childcare reform making it mandatory for municipalities to offer child-care to unemployed parents for at least …. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available …

benefits. This paper examines whether these interactions affect the transition rate from unemployment to employment. To study …Previous research suggests that there are substantial interactions between the unemployment insurance (UI) and the … evidence suggesting that the reduced sick reÿ­port rate in turn affected the transition rate to employment. …

market policy. We analyze its causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by exploiting …The vocational employment training program is the most expensive training program in Sweden and a cornerstone of labor …-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a …