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Susanne Ek Spector

Nordea Markets, Sweden, and IZA, Germany

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Author

Current position

Chief Analyst, Nordea Markets, Sweden

Research interest

Labor economics, in particular dynamics of unemployment, wage dynamics, minimum wages, and unemployment insurance design

Website

https://corporate.nordea.com/research/profile/193108/susanne-spector

Past positions

Researcher, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Sweden (2013–2016)

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Uppsala University, 2013

Selected publications

  • “Part-time unemployment and optimal unemployment insurance.” International Tax and Public Finance 22:2 (2015) (with B. Holmlund).

  • “Family job search, wage bargaining and optimal unemployment insurance.” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 10:1 (2010) (with B. Holmlund).

article(s)

  • Should unemployment insurance cover partial unemployment? Updated

    Time-limited benefits may yield significant welfare gains and help underemployed part-time workers move to full-time employment

    Susanne Ek Spector, June 2022
    A considerable share of the labor force consists of underemployed part-time workers: employed workers who, for various reasons, are unable to work as much as they would like to. Offering unemployment benefits to part-time unemployed workers is controversial. On the one hand, such benefits can strengthen incentives to take a part-time job rather than remain fully unemployed, thus raising the probability of obtaining at least some employment. On the other hand, these benefits weaken incentives for part-time workers to look for full-time employment. It is also difficult to distinguish people who work part-time by choice from those who do so involuntarily.
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