unemployment. Four main results are derived: (i) the optimal size of the welfare state depends on the degree of risk-aversion and … the unemployment rate as a measure of labor income risk. The unemployment rate partly reflects the country’s exposure to … globalization; (ii) corporate taxation and social insurance have equivalent effects on unemployment and outbound FDI; (iii) while an …

The Great Recession brought large increases in unemployment and college enrollment; we explore how changing labor … market conditions affected the decision to enroll, focusing on the role of state-specific dimensions of Unemployment …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …

The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an environment in which …

unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …

public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …

Unemployment Insurance (UI) scheme in which job search requirements are imposed on UI recipients with hyperbolic preferences. We …

Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI …

measures such as monitoring and job search assistance for each period of unemployment in a dynamic environment with negative … should mainly be used at the beginning of unemployment and for short durations. However, contrary to existing schemes, they …

more heterogeneous. Moreover, in this region, the threat induces women to substitute sickness for unemployment benefits. …