Job security provisions are commonly invoked to explain the high and persistent European unemployment rates. This … both its unemployment and its share of fixed-term employment are the highest. We find that fixedterm contracts increase … unemployment, reduce output, and raise productivity. The welfare effects are ambiguous. …

50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … of 2.5; 5) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion …; 6) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI …