stationary search problems, the optimal subsidies are independent of unemployment duration. In contrast, when workers are …This paper studies the optimal timing of unemployment insurance subsidies in a McCall search model. Risk-averse workers … sequentially sample random job opportunities. Our model distinguishes unemployment subsidies from consumption during unemployment …

In this paper, we review the literature on the quot;spikequot; in unemployment exit rates around benefit exhaustion … unemployment spells are measured has a large effect on the magnitude of the spike at exhaustion, both in existing studies and in … defined by the time spent on the unemployment system. In Austria, the exit rate from registered unemployment rises by over 200 …

One goal of extending the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) in recessions is to increase UI coverage in the face … of longer unemployment spells. Although it is a common concern that such extensions may themselves raise nonemployment … differential effects of UI in booms and recessions, this paper exploits the fact that, in Germany, potential UI benefit duration is …

benefits or by taxing unemployment benefits) could significantly lower the average duration of unemployment and the relative … number of long duration spells of unemployment. Because of the non-linear response of the unemployment duration to the … than the wage ontheir previous job.Our econometric evidence shows that the level of unemployment benefitsrelative to …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … effect of maximum duration on UI and nonemployment spells of approximately 0.5 and 0.3 respectively. We use RDD estimates to … simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response closely approximates the …

reservation wages, including key policy variables such as unemployment insurance (UI), is scarce. In France, unemployed people … duration (PBD) on reservation wages and on other dimensions of job selectivity, using a difference-in-difference strategy. We … of hours, duration of labor contract and commuting time/distance. The estimated elasticity of actual benefit duration …

unemployment benefits on the duration of joblessness in Austria, and discuss implementation issues that may arise in similar …

This paper uses two data sets to examine the impact of the potential duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits … on the duration of unemployment and the time pattern of the escape rate from unemployment in the United States. The first … spikes in the escape rate from unemployment for nonrecipients strongly suggests that the potential duration of UI benefits …

unemployment insurance benefits on the duration of joblessness in Austria, where the benefit schedule has kinks at the minimum and … institutional settings where a policy variable (such as weekly unemployment benefits) is determined by an observed but potentially …

unemployment exit rate and a small increase in the expected duration of unemployment. The effects on exits and duration are …In response to the Great Recession, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits was extended to an … individual exit from unemployment, and we compare the estimated impact with that for the prior extension of benefits during the …