We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

We present a proposal for reforming unemployment assistance in Germany through the introduction of unemployment … accounts (UAs). Instead of paying taxes that finance the unemployment assistance, employed people make ongoing contributions to … their UAs and can make withdrawals from these accounts during periods of unemployment. The aim of this policy proposal is to …

fundamentals of the economy negatively and imply low growth and high unemployment. An empirical index is constructed. In the period …

In many countries, fiscal policy became strongly expansionary in order to fight the recession. Structural budget … deficits increased sharply and might remain high after the end of the recession. This would raise real interest rates and would …

the human capital of the unemployed-i.e. in the structure of regional unemployment-into account. Both, the skill structure … of the unemployed and the share of long-term unemployment are found to have an important impact on regional start …Does regional unemployment increase or rather decrease entrepreneurial activity? Although this question has been hotly …

This paper explores the optimal design of subsidies for hiring unemployed workers (?employment vouchers? for short) in … employment and unemployment, the analysis shows how the optimal policy depends on the rates of hiring and firing, and on the … unemployment benefits in optimal policy design. We calibrate the model and evaluate the effectiveness of employment vouchers in …

rates implied by the system of unemployment benefits and by the rules of means-tested social assistance. In addition, the … the search for an indicator for the reservation wage which can be used to explain the unemployment rate in a macroeconomic …