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Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers
Labour Economics : Available online (Elsevier, 2020)This paper examines the long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits that older unemployed can receive until retirement in Finland. We consider a reform that increased the age threshold of this scheme from 55 to 57. ... -
Subsidizing vs. Experience Rating of Unemployment Insurance in Unionized Labor Markets
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 319 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 18.12.2003)Alternative ways to organize government subsidies to unemployment insurance (UI) are analyzed in a right-to-manage model where industry level unions run UI funds of their own. It is shown that equilibrium unemployment is ... -
The effects of employers’ disability and unemployment insurance costs on benefit inflows
Labour Economics : Available online (Open access) (Elsevier, 19.08.2023)In Finland, large firms are partially liable for the costs of disability and unemployment benefits paid to their former workers. To estimate the effects of such cost liabilities, we exploit a reform that extended this ... -
The effects of unemployment benefit duration: Evidence from residual benefit duration
Labour Economics : Available online (Elsevier, 2020)We examine the effects of unemployment benefit duration in Finland. Although the maximum duration is the same for all unemployed, potential benefit duration at the beginning of unemployment spells varies, because only ... -
The spike at benefit exhaustion: The role of measurement error in benefit eligibility
Labour Economics (Elsevier, 2019)Many studies have found that the exit rate from unemployment insurance benefits to employment increases at the end of the entitlement period. The magnitude of this “spike” in the job finding rate at benefit exhaustion is ... -
To Search or Not to Search? The Effects of UI Benefit Extension for the Elderly Unemployed
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 400 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 20.10.2006)In Finland the older unemployed can collect unemployment insurance (UI) benefits until retirement, while the entitlement period for younger groups is two years. In 1997 the eligibility age of persons benefiting from extended ... -
Unemployment Insurance in Finland: A Review of Recent Changes and Empirical Evidence on Behavioral Responses
VATT Research Reports : 184 (VATT Institute for Economic Research, 20.02.2017)The goal of this report is twofold. The first is to provide an overview of the Finnish unemployment insurance (UI) system. We describe all major changes in eligibility criteria, benefit levels and benefit durations since ... -
Unemployment Insurance with Limited Duration and Variable Replacement Ratio - Effects on Optimal Search
VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 253 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 30.04.2001)This paper analyses the effects of an unemployment insurance with limited potential duration in a job search model with endogenous effort. Both constant and declining time sequence of benefits are considered. The model ...