The added worker effect states that unemployment of a household member leads to an increase in labour supply of another … have more entitlements, waiting in unemployment for a good job is not one of them. We carry out two separate analyses to … no added worker effect. This suggests that households have other ways to cope with unemployment and is consistent with …

reservation wage on unemployment duration. According to estimations there is no statistically significant effect of unemployment … unemployment benefit or social assistance increases the duration of the unemployment period, which indicates the lower offer …

Insurance (UI) entitlement on job separations. Economic theory motivates estimation of a competing risk hazard model for quits …This paper uses U.S. micro level data on employment durations to quantify the effect of potential Unemployment …

In this paper we study the implications of the unemployment insurance (UI) financing system on wage levels and … approach of wage and employment determination and assume that unemployment benefits are financed by employees’ UI contributions …

I study the consequences of heterogeneity of skills for the design of an optimal unemployment insurance, using a … principal-agent set-up with a risk neutral insurer and infinitely lived risk averse agents. Agents, who are characterised by … and the quality of the worker-firm-match. Agents face the risk of losing their job and, while unemployed, are offered jobs …

If distortions in the labour market lead to inefficiently high unemployment, and policy makers cannot enter into a … may exist in public unemployment insurance policy. I study a model in which trade unions, who set wages, interact with a … policy maker, who decides on the level of unemployment benefits and taxes. The policy maker is assumed to have the same …

This paper analyses a model of private unemployment insurance under limited commitment and a model of public … unemployment insurance subject to moral hazard in an economy with a continuum of agents and an infinite time horizon. The dynamic … and steady-state properties of the private unemployment insurance scheme are established. The interaction between the …

I estimate a life cycle model of consumption choice with unemployment risk. Employed individuals face the risk of …. Following the loss of a job and during unemployment, an agent’s productivity declines. Using micro data, I estimate the … estimated model is used to perform policy simulations that highlight the relationship between the unemployment insurance scheme …