We study how unemployment benefit eligibility affects the layoff exit rate by exploiting quasi-experimental variation … 12% in the layoff probability when unemployment benefit eligibility is attained, which persists for about 16 weeks. These …

Using newly digitized unemployment insurance claims data we construct a historical monthly unemployment series for U …-level unemployment data, which are only available from January 1976 onwards, and capture consistent patterns in the business cycle. We … use our claims-based unemployment series to examine the evolving pace of post-war unemployment recoveries at the state …

EWE is a consequence of one of the most important labor institutions: the unemployment benefit (UB). We develop a model …

quantitative effects of (i) aggregate productivity shocks on unemployment and (ii) unemployment benefits on unemployment. This … model, unemployment benefits affect households' behavior directly, without having to run via the bargained wage. A … effect of benefits on unemployment. Our analysis shows the importance of investigating the effects of policies on the …