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Does experience rating reduce disability inflow?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-04-25)
This study explores whether the experience rating of employers' disability insurance premiums affects the inflow of older employees to disability benefits in Finland. To identify the causal effect of experience rating, we ...
Long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits for older workers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-05-31)
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 spike at benefit exhaustion in the Finnish labor market
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-05-31)
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 ...
On the reliability of retrospective unemployment information in European household panel data
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2011-01-31)
The retrospectively recalled calendar of activities in the European Community Household Panel is a prime resource for cross country analysis of unemployment experience. We investigate the reliability of these data and find ...
Institutional rules, labour demand and retirement through disability programme participation
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-09-27)
We use matched employer-employee data from Finland to model transitions out of work into sick leave and disability retirement. To identify the role of institutional factors we exploit reforms that changed medical requirements ...
The Effects of Employers' Disability and Unemployment Insurance Costs on Benefit Inflows
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2022-12-20)
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 costs, we exploit a reform that extended this cost-sharing ...
The effect of receiving supplementary UI benefits on unemployment duration
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-02-23)
We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour market. Following the 'timing-of-events' approach we estimate causal effects of subsidized part-time ...
The effects of UI benefits on unemployment and subsequent outcomes: Evidence from a kinked benefit rule
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2016-12-12)
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 ...
Early retirement policy in the presence of competing exit pathways: Evidence from policy reforms in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2010-11-12)
A majority of older Finns withdraw from employment via early retirement schemes years before the statutory retirement age. Over the past 15 years, a series of policy reforms have been introduced to reduce the widespread ...
The Effects of Unemployment Assistance on Unemployment Exits
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2021-03-19)
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 ...