The goal of this report is twofold. The first is to provide an overview of the Finnish unemployment insurance (UI …

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 …

periods and the size of unemployment benefits on unemployment durations and post{unemployment earnings in West Germany. For … the unemployment duration, we estimate censored Box{Cox quantile regression, which is robust with respect to the … the length of benefit entitlement is only of minor importance for the duration of search unemployment and for post …

From 2002–2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment … compensation system. One of the most ambitious changes was a considerable reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths for … highly disputed reform induced a considerable decline in unemployment incidence among older workers. It thus sealed an …

From 2002-2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment … compensation system. One of the most ambitious changes was a considerable reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths for … highly disputed reform induced a considerable decline in unemployment incidence among older workers. It thus sealed an …