The framework of a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model is used to study the optimal design of an unemployment … insurance (UI) scheme and the voting behaviour on unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and …

of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who … can invest in risk-free physical capital and risky human capital. Unemployed households receive unemployment benefits and … employment effects: the equilibrium unemployment rate has been reduced by approximately 1.1 percentage points from 7.5 to 6 …

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and … resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to … institutions? What specific aspects of institutions are responsible for economic performance? This paper suggests that two broad …

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance has uncovered important … questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed … differences in performance across parts of one economy sharing similar institutions? This paper suggests that two broad aspects of …

Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict … performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at … superstructural effects of institutions on aggregate and average income across 84 U.S. Native American economies (USNAEs). It finds …