Generous income support programs as provided by European welfare states have often been blamed to hamper employment …

analyze transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working …. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits. …

We analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994 …. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic characteristics are explored … besides the impacts of the unemployment benefit system and training schemes. Finally, we investigate whether prior …

on self-employment, we exploit a reform-driven exogenous cut in UI benefits to identify its causal effect on general … extensive margin of (self-)employment and on unemployment duration. We find heterogeneous effects on the extensive margin: while … reduced UI benefits extend unemployment duration for individuals transitioning into self-employment but shorten unemployment …

self-employment, we exploit a reform-driven exogenous cut in UI benefits to identify its causal effect on general … extensive margin of (self-)employment and on unemployment duration. We find heterogeneous effects on the extensive margin: while … reduced UI benefits extend unemployment duration for individuals transitioning into self-employment but shorten unemployment …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

We empirically analyze the optimal mix and optimal generosity of unemployment insurance and social assistance programs … of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by social programs … temporary earnings-related unemployment insurance. The optimal amount of social assistance is heavily influenced by income …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …

life-cycle model, we find that redistribution by taxes and transfers off sets 54% of the inequality in lifetime earnings …

lifetime tax reform linking annual taxes to previous employment could improve the system's insurance capabilities, albeit at … the cost of a lower employment rate. …