We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a … constraints. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means … they are likely to exist also in other countries. -- Unemployment ; Optimal Unemployment Insurance ; Liquidity Constraints …

We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a …. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means they are … likely to exist also in other countries -- Unemployment ; Optimal Unemployment Insurance ; Liq-uidity Constraints ; Mental …

We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a … constraints. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means …

We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a …. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means they are …

We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a …. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means they are …

introduction of a soft constraint appears particularly effective; our results show that the expected unemployment duration falls by …Based on a sequence of reforms in the Norwegian unemployment insurance (UI) system, we show that activity-oriented UI … regimes - i.e., regimes with a high likelihood of required participation in active labor market programs, duration limitations …

We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a … constraints. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means …

We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a …. Finding liquidity constraints in Norway, despite its equitable wealth distribution and generous welfare state, means they are …

Should unemployment insurance (UI) systems provide coverage for underemployed job seekers? Based on a statistical … analysis of Norwegian unemployment spells, we conclude that the answer to this question is yes. Allowing insured job seekers to … employers as a screening device when hiring from the unemployment pool. …

sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We …Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … estimate multi-spell duration models with selection on unobserved characteristics. We find that a vacancy referral increases …