We compare two systems of income redistribution: unemployment benefits (UB) and basic income (BI). First, for a simple … margins. For given unemployment, lowering UB and raising BI always benefits the unemployed, raises utilitarian welfare and … benefits a poor majority. Reducing unemployment and UB simultaneously can benefit a majority of the employed as well as all …

of redistribution: a universal basic income, and a categorical unemployment benefit. Well-being depends on own … labour supply incurs positive marginal disutility, we allow negative welfare effects of unemployment. We also compare …

market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find … market, as well as with lower unemployment. …

Germany can be regarded as a showcase for labor market reforms. Moreover, its labor market responded only mildly to the …

also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …