-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on … Social Assistance, which provides a permanent universal household income floor, with a minor role for temporary earnings …

In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a … on unemployment: positive shocks reduce unemployment less than negative shocks increase it. For the observed process of … average job finding rate and so the business cycle cost. -- Business cycle costs ; unemployment dynamics …

This paper analyses the impact of remittances on household expenditure behaviour in Senegal. We use propensity score … matching and OLS methods to assess the average impact of remittances on several household budget shares. Our results show a …

This paper studies the direct impact of households' debt on consumption over the business cycle. We use household …

luxury goods. Moreover, uncertainty reduces household propensity to invest in mutual funds. These results support the notion … that macroeconomic uncertainty can impact household decisions and have large negative effects on economic outcomes. …

and second moments of inflation expectations separately affect subsequent household decisions. We document several key … encourages household job search, leading to higher subsequent employment among the unemployed and less under-employment among the …