The impact of unemployment compensation systems is identified by means of a difference-in-differences approach that exploits the fact that eligibility to SP and UI depends on tenure in the previous job and is restricted to foxmal-sector job losers (see Box 2.3 for details). The results are summarised in Figure 2.6, while the full results are reported in Hijzen (2011). This can be seen in Figure 2.6 by comparing the difference in the job-finding rate due to income support for workers with 24 to 48 months of tenure in their last job with those with more than 48 months of tenure in their last job. While formal-sector job losers with 24 to 48 months in the previous job and those with over 48 months are all eligible for five months of UI, the job-finding rate is significantly lower for formal-sector job losers in the latter group.