We estimate impacts of male job loss, female job loss, and male unemployment benefits on domestic violence in Brazil. We … increases in domestic violence. Exploiting a discontinuity in unemployment insurance eligibility, we find that eligible men are … increase in exposure of victims to perpetrators, with unemployment benefits partially offsetting the income shock while …

This paper explores how the introduction of an experience rated system of unemployment insurance affects employment and … welfare in a model where implicit contracts between firms and workers give rise to wage rigidities and unemployment. In the … literature, it has been argued that experience rated systems of unemployment insurance may reduce long term employment as firms …

public unemployment insurance program requiring a significant premium payment. A safety net program--a less generous, means …, including adverse selection across risk classes and a substantial charity hazard (low coverage among those with generous …

increase in a state-industry’s monthly unemployment rate. The effect is amplified in industries employing a larger fraction of … charges increases by more than 30% in response to a 50% cut to North Carolina’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program following …

We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess … degree of cross-country transfers. In the baseline, we focus on a non-contingent scheme covering short-term unemployment and … find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, four …

in geographical mobility, unemployment and labor market institutions. Rational agents vote over unemployment insurance … unemployment, low geographical mobility and high unemployment insurance, and one American steadystate featuring low unemployment …, high mobility and low unemployment insurance. …