among men and women. The two reforms in conjunction are estimated to have increased the expected duration of unemployment … among men but to have decreased the duration of unemployment among women. The overall effect on the duration of unemployment …In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was …

This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks … regions to identify the effect of extended benefits on unemployment duration. Results indicate that the duration of job search … is prolonged by at least .09 weeks per additional week of benefits among men, whereas unemployment duration increases by …

among men and women. The two reforms in conjunction are estimated to have increased the expected duration of unemployment … among men but to have decreased the duration of unemployment among women. The overall effect on the duration of unemployment …In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was …

This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when …. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available … probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university …

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

This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when …. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available … probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university …

measurement literature, proposes four new general unemployment indices. The first of these is parallel to the Sen poverty index … unemployment rate, the average unemployment duration, and the inequality in the unemployment durationsto the differences between … with a discussion of the assumptions made about the maximum unemployment duration for the purposes of the study, and their …

data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and duration of sick leave and subsequent unemployment …. The results indicate that an increase in the number of sick leaves as well as an increase in the duration of sick spells … is associated with higher risk of unemployment. Women have a significantly higher risk then men of unemployment …

In June 1995, the Swedish parliament decided to cut the replacement rate in unemployment insurance from 80 percent to …