exploit a Swedish reform which reduced UI duration from 90 to 60 weeks for a group of older unemployed workers in a setting … program. Our results show that job finding increased as a result of the shorter duration of passive benefits. The time profile …

worker welfare, the welfare costs. I find that participants would be willing to give up 1.5–1.7 weeks of UI on average to …

This paper studies how changes in extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefit affect the duration of unemployment. We … separation from the previous job in the Japanese UI system which determines a worker's maximum potential UI benefit duration at … not lead to a decrease in the jobless hazard; the duration of unemployment is not prolonged among jobseekers who have …

affected the transition probability to employment. Additionally, we inspect how this effect varies over unemployment duration … raised the transition probability of short-term unemployed. The effect is even higher, the longer the unemployment duration …

This paper studies how changes in extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefit affect the duration of unemployment. We … separation from the previous job in the Japanese UI system which determines a worker's maximum potential UI benefit duration at … not lead to a decrease in the jobless hazard; the duration of unemployment is not prolonged among jobseekers who have …

by comparing the post-program duration of employment for the two programs. In addition, we focus in some detail on the … selection process may bias the effect estimate in the non-linear duration model that we use. Simulations help us to determine …