Based on pooled register data from Norway and Sweden, we find that differences in unemployment duration patterns … reflect dissimilarities in unemployment insurance (UI) systems in a way that convincingly establishes the link between … Sweden than in Norway, leading to relatively longer unemployment spells for low-income workers in Sweden. Based on the …

and Income Security (EIS) to strengthen the inclusive function and stabilisation impact of national unemployment insurance …

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited …

While much empirical research has been done on the labour market consequences of unemployment benefits, there is … against the possibility of unemployment and unemployment benefits increase the unemployment rate. We then conduct, what we … believe, is one of the first empirical analyses of the determinants of the parameters of the unemployment benefit system …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …