predictions of the model change very little, but the welfare costs of unemployment are much larger because unemployment risk is … distributed unequally across workers. As a result, optimal unemployment insurance may be higher and welfare is lower if hiring is … selective. -- Labor market models ; welfare ; optimal unemployment insurance …

. We use a New Keynesian model with unemployment to predict the effects of different labor market institutions on … ; macroeconomic volatility ; monetary policy ; firing costs ; unemployment benefits ; replacement rate …

This paper addresses the question of why prolonged regional unemployment differentials tend to persist even after their … proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages in the highunemployment regions have fallen relative to those in the low-unemployment … regions). We suggest that the longer people are unemployed, the greater is the likelihood of falling into a low …

This paper addresses the question of why prolonged regional unemployment differentials tend to persist even after their … proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages in the highunemployment regions have fallen relative to those in the low-unemployment … regions). We suggest that the longer people are unemployed, the greater is the likelihood of falling into a low …

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 …

labor markets. In a calibrated version of the model, efficient fluctuations feature highly volatile unemployment and job …

German labor market volatilities by a longer expected job duration. -- Labor Market Volatilities ; Unemployment ; Worker …

these two features combined generate an equilibrium comovement between matches on the one hand and unemployment and …