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 …

The idea of a common unemployment benefit system for the European Monetary Union (EMU) has provoked increasing interest … introduction of an EMU unemployment insurance (EMU-UI) scheme, for a selected number of countries of the Monetary Union. Our …

The aim of this paper is to explore the potential of an EMU unemployment insurance scheme (EMU-UI) to improve the … income protection available to individuals and their families in case of unemployment. Our analysis uses an illustrative EMU … gaps in national unemployment insurance schemes are assessed. We make use of EUROMOD, the EU-wide tax …

In this paper we explore the potential of a new unemployment insurance benefit at EMU level to improve the income … stringent eligibility conditions, to increase generosity where current unemployment benefits are low relative to earnings and to … national unemployment insurance schemes and differences in labour force characteristics across countries, mainly in the …

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

The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in an … search productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant …

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in … Sweden. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy …

unemployment compared to most continental European OECD countries. As a rule they have also been and are still ahead in developing …

for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …-experimental situation from which a lot can be learned about the impact of unemployment insurance rules on the dynamics of employment …, unemployment, and wages. We find that the REBP led to a tremendous increase in unemployment, which was due to both an increase in …

In contrast to much recent work regarding the causes of European unemployment, in this paper, we emphasise the … accumulation and unemployment, we argue that what matters for the evolution of employment [and the unemployment rate] is not the …