utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …Evidently, the benefit-structure of the unemployment insurance has a significant influence onprofits and trade union … and increase employment. Thisraises the question as to how the benefit structure is determined in the political process... …

positivepredictions of the model change very little, but the welfare costs of unemployment are muchlarger because unemployment risk is … distributed unequally across workers. As a result,optimal unemployment insurance may be higher and welfare is lower if hiring is …

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should betargeted. We contrast measures … involving targeting workers with low incomes/abilities andtargeting the unemployed under the criteria of "approximate welfare …

We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation andequilibrium unemployment in a …