This paper shows empirically that the non-employment effects of unemployment insurance (UI) for older workers depend in … with retirement policies. Accounting for interactions across UI and retirement institutions also helps explain otherwise … difficult-to-explain trends in the unemployment rate of older German workers …

Immigration is often blamed for increasing unemployment among local workers. However, standard models, such as the … labor market without affecting local unemployment. This paper presents a more general model of migration that allows for the … possibility that not only the wages but also the unemployment rate of local workers may be affected by the arrival of newcomers …

"This paper studies the effect of unemployment benefits on the unemployment and subsequent employment duration using … heterogeneity. We find that recipients, relative to non-recipients, face lower exit rates from unemployment, while an additional … month in unemployment increases their subsequent employment stability. This positive correlation between previous …