We examine moonlighting by politicians in Germany. In July 2007, the German Supreme Court adjudicated that members of …

This paper investigates the incentives that may induce workers to supplement income from unemployment benefits by … schedule of benefit payments, we describe how informal sector participation changes over the duration of unemployment, in turn … analysis identifies scope for reallocation of resources towards less generous programmes within unemployment protection, which …

In this paper we analyze the relationship between unemployment and consumption. We study this relationship with panel … empirical results indicate that an increase in the duration of unemployment spells of male household heads is associated with … Mediterranean, provide a fundamental source of insurance against unemployment in southern Europe. …

The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in an … analytically tractable model allowing moral hazard, adverse selection and hidden savings. Analytical results show that when the … search productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant …

In this paper we consider a risk averse worker who is moving back and forth between employment and unemployment … characterize the worker s optimal savings and job-search behavior as well as the resulting consumption paths and wealth formation … wealth decreases, a finding which is in accordance with our empirical duration analysis using micro data on unemployment …

recessions. First, we show that the consumption risk of short-time work is considerably smaller compared to unemployment using … risk of workers, which mitigates their precautionary savings motive. Using a quantitative model analysis, we show that this … frictions featuring an endogenous firing and short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment …