In this paper, the effects of alternatives to finance unemployment benefits on employment and wages are examined in a … model with search generated equilibrium unemployment. It is demonstrated that employment improves if a value--added tax is …

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 …

-2004 period. It's main goal is to scrutinize the determinants of outflows from unemployment at the time when the two shocks have … transitions out of unemployment, including personal characteristics and unemployment benefits. Special attention is devoted to the …

unemployment, undue instability, and excess debt. …

unemployment. The public sector is decomposed into general government and an unfunded pension system with a tax benefit linkage … effects. They strengthen labor supply both in terms of job search intensity, leading to lower unemployment rates, and hours …

, unemployment exhibits persistence in the sense of duration dependence: the probability of obtaining a job decreases in the length …

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 …

increasing the number of workers embedded in the social networks can increase the unemployment rate and decrease workers welfare …