We develop a model of job search and use it to assess the effects that the Brazilian unemployment benefit system has on … exit rates from unemployment. In our setup, unemployed workers receive job offers from the formal and informal sectors and … decide whether to accept them or wait. Only jobs in the formal sector come with unemployment benefits. After incorporating …

of in-work benefits on search intensity, participation, employment, and unemployment, compared to a framework in which …

This paper examines whether or not a prolonged unemployment period can raise the quality of job matching after … unemployment. We focus on job tenure as an indicator of a good quality job match after unemployment. We match two sets of Japanese … seekers receiving unemployment insurance, and the other includes information about job seekers applying for jobs.We first show …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness absence during …

additionally provided monthly application decreases the length of spells by 4%. In line with theory, we further find that the …