The current study shows that the disincentive effects of unemployment benefits exist even during a period of deep recession. The study uses recent data for unemployment benefit recipients in Estonia – a country where the rise in unemployment during the global financial crisis was the highest...

This paper uses a unique dataset about unemployment insurance recipients and their exits to employment in Estonia to investigate the effects of benefits on unemployment duration. The administrative data used clearly pinpoints total unemployment spells and exits to employment. Both nonparametric...

Since the great recession in 2008, unemployment has risen in the EU. In 2008, the unemployment in the EU was at 7.1 percent, in 2012 it was at 10.5 percent. The unemployment has increased the most in southern Europe, while Germany today has a lower unemployment than in 2008. By the end of 2012,...

This report introduces basics on structural unemployment in some member countries of the International Labour Market Forecasting Network. The Network is a cooperation of forecasters and policy advisors related to Public Employment Services. The following contributions were presented on the...

The current study shows that the disincentive effects of unemployment benefits exist even during a period of deep recession. The study uses recent data for unemployment benefit recipients in Estonia – a country where the rise in unemployment during the global financial crisis was the highest...