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Changing the unemployment insurance duration: heterogeneous effects and an unbudging exit spike
VATT Working Papers : 158 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 19.10.2023)I study the effects of the maximum duration of unemployment insurance benefits on unemployment. I find highly heterogeneous effects across two consecutive reforms in Finland. Both reforms cut the maximum duration by 20 ... -
Estimating the effects of potential benefit duration without variation in the maximum duration of unemployment benefits
VATT Working Papers : 87 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 31.05.2017)This paper examines the effects of unemployment benefit duration in Finland. To overcome the problem that the maximum duration of benefits is the same for all unemployed we exploit two observations. First, despite the ... -
Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers
VATT Working Papers : 89 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 31.05.2017)This paper examines the long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits that older unemployed can collect until retirement in Finland. We consider a reform that increased the age threshold of this scheme from 55 to 57 ... -
The effects of UI benefits on unemployment and subsequent outcomes: Evidence from a kinked benefit rule
VATT Working Papers : 82 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 12.12.2016)This paper analyzes the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment exits and subsequent labor market outcomes. We exploit a piecewise linear relationship between the previous wage and UI benefits in ... -
The Effects of Unemployment Assistance on Unemployment Exits
VATT Working Papers : 143 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 19.03.2021)Many countries have a two-tiered unemployment compensation system which provides earnings-related unemployment insurance for a limited period of time and less generous unemployment assistance thereafter. This study evaluates ... -
The spike at benefit exhaustion in the Finnish labor market
VATT Working Papers : 86 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 31.05.2017)Many studies have found that the exit rate from unemployment increases in the vicinity of the exhaustion day of unemployment insurance benefits. The extent to which this spike is driven by job search behavior is important ...