up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is …

Youth unemployment is an issue of primary concern in WesternEuropean countries. In this paper we analyze dynamics in … unemployment foryouths, adults (prime-aged individuals), and elderly. We use quarterly Frenchunemployment data, stratified by … youths. Seasonaleffects affect youth unemployment mainly by fluctuations in the inflow. Theresults are used for a policy …

We study risk-based selection into a voluntary unemployment insurance (UI) scheme. To disentangle behavioral effects … find that individuals who sign up for UI are negatively selected in terms of subsequent unemployment. However, we find …