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    • Changing the unemployment insurance duration: heterogeneous effects and an unbudging exit spike 

      Korpela, Heikki
      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 ...

    • The Determinants of Unemployment Duration by Gender in Finland 

      Ollikainen, Virve
      VATT-keskustelualoitteita : 316 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 24.11.2003)
      This paper models unemployment durations for men and women in Finland using a nationally representative data set from 1997. We begin with a baseline model where durations are modelled using a single risk discrete time ...

    • Estimating the effects of potential benefit duration without variation in the maximum duration of unemployment benefits 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      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 ...

    • Labor Market Subsidy and Unemployment Exits 

      Kyyrä, Tomi
      Economic Policy Council Background Report (Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 29.01.2020)
      Many countries have a two-tiered unemployment compensation system which provides earnings-related unemployment insurance (UI) for a limited period and some less generous unemployment benefit thereafter. In Finland, unemployed ...

    • Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      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 ...

    • Studies on Wage Differentials and Labour Market Transitions 

      Kyyrä, Tomi
      VATT Research Reports : 133 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 10.04.2007)
      This thesis consists of four studies. The first study examines wage differentials between women and men in the Finnish manufacturing sector. A matched employer-employee data set is used to decompose the overall gender wage ...

    • The effects of UI benefits on unemployment and subsequent outcomes: Evidence from a kinked benefit rule 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna
      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 

      Kyyrä, Tomi
      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 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna; Verho, Jouko
      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 ...

    • To Search or Not to Search? The Effects of UI Benefit Extension for the Elderly Unemployed 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Ollikainen, Virve
      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 

      Kyyrä, Tomi; Pesola, Hanna; Rissanen, Aarne
      Economic Policy Council Background Report (Talouspolitiikan arviointineuvosto, 24.01.2017)
      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 ...