In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on …-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …

In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on …-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … estimates to simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response, which implies almost … a one percentage point decline in the unemployment rate, closely approximates the estimated change in the unemployment …

We provide new evidence on the effect of the unemployment insurance (UI) weekly benefit amount on unemployment …

as time allocated to job search activities. The main findings are: 1) the average unemployed worker in the U.S. devotes … expect to be recalled by their previous employer search substantially less than the average unemployed worker; 3) across the … 50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity …

as time allocated to job search activities. The main findings are: 1) the average unemployed worker in the U.S. devotes … expect to be recalled by their previous employer search substantially less than the average unemployed worker; 3) across the … 50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance … the labor market. We show that equilibrium entails wage dispersion among equally productive risk-averse workers. Marital … status as well as spousal labor market status matter for wage outcomes. In general, employed members of two-person families …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance … the labor market. We show that equilibrium entails wage dispersion among equally productive risk-averse workers. Marital … status as well as spousal labor market status matter for wage outcomes. In general, employed members of two-person families …

we examine the policy effects of the minimum wage, unemployment benefits and search frictions. … applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require wage data, it is invariant to the way in which wages are determined …

we examine the policy effects of the minimum wage, unemployment benefits and search frictions. … applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require wage data, it is invariant to the way in which wages are determined …