the maximum duration of benefits for three groups of agents and maintained all features of the unemployment insurance for …We test the predictions of an equilibrium search model about the effects of an increase in the maximum duration of … unemployment benefits. We use the 1999 unemployment insurance reform of Portugal, a quasi-natural experiment. The reform increased …

force, the hazard shows quite strong positive duration dependence. Men tend to be more probable to leave unemployment for …Return to employment, after a period of unemployment, is analyzed for a large sample of Swedish occupationally disabled … unemployment are accounted for; regular employment, sheltered/subsidized employment and withdrawal from the labor force. The model …