Study: Benefit allowance increased part-time work without hurting full-time employment

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A Finnish study has found that protected earnings allowances in unemployment and housing benefits increased part-time work among unemployed people without weakening their chances of moving into full-time employment later.

The https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272726001210" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">research, conducted by Labore, Tampere University and the VATT Institute for Economic Research, examined reforms introduced in 2014 and 2015.