non-participation, as a distinct state from unemployment and employment, is determined by the welfare system in … such as education, skill degradation, age, labor market shocks, labor taxes, unemployment insurance benefits and social … assistance. We extend our framework by allowing for time-inconsistent choices and demonstrate the possibility of an unemployment …

, was to reduce the lack of jobs and to increase welfare. Facing persistently increasing unemployment rates from then on … handle the problem of unemployment and of the main changes in the country?s laws of social contributions. Particular focus is … given to the newly established unemployment benefit II and to the ?reasonableness? of work, which reflects a new social …