-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market … has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper adds an innovative labour supply … to an increased relative skill demand which is not matched by the skill supply and therefore mis-match unemployment …

, dass mit einer größeren Lohnspreizung die Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit bei gegebenem Output, Kapitaleinsatz und …

We empirically analyze the optimal mix and optimal generosity of unemployment insurance and social assistance 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 …

the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …

for the dramatic decline in employment and the unprecedented increase in unemployment in the east German economy. …