Reduction in the Long-Term Unemployment of the Elderly: A Success Story from Finland Revised
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Unemployment insurance reform; quantile treatment effect; duration analysis; Finnish register data; Labour market; Työmarkkinat; Social security; Sosiaaliturva; Labor market and policies promoting economic growth; Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IAS-2006-08-26 (Insurance Economics)
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