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The Determinants of Unemployment Duration by Gender in Finland

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Virve Ollikainen
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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 hazard model. These estimations are extended to a piecewise constant hazard model and to a competing risks model. The results indicate that young children as well as foreign citizenship have a prolonging effect on female unemployment periods. Education appears as a highly positive factor in reducing the duration of unemployment, particularly for women. The results also reveal the implications of regional labour market policy, as the propensity to exit unemployment is greatest in rural areas, but mostly explained by exits to active labour market programmes.

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Keywords: Gender differences; employment; unemployment duration; labour market transitions; duration models;

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J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods

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  1. Jaakko Kiander, 2004. "Growth and Employment in Nordic Welfare States in the 1990s: a Tale of Crisis and Revival," Discussion Papers 336, Government Institute for Economic Research Finland (VATT). [Downloadable!]
  2. Adriaan Perrels, 2004. "The Basic Service Quality Level of Transport Infrastructure in Peripheral Areas," Discussion Papers 335, Government Institute for Economic Research Finland (VATT). [Downloadable!]
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