In this paper, we study the impact of increased unemployment insurance generosity in terms of additional weeks of benefits on a spouse's labour supply adjustments after the job loss of his/her partner. We exploit the longitudinal household format of the Canadian Labour Force Survey and the...

In this paper, we study the impact of increased unemployment insurance generosity in terms of additional weeks of benefits on a spouse's labour supply adjustments after the job loss of his/her partner. We exploit the longitudinal household format of the Canadian Labour Force Survey and the...

The paper addresses two broad research questions: 1. How do internal uncertainty associated with the task environment and external uncertainty arising from market volatility impact organization design? 2. What are the relationships among various elements of organization design: delegation of...