Existing unemployment insurance systems in many OECD countries involve a ceiling on insurable earnings. The result is …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …

, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S., we find results for employment rates that contrast those based on unemployment rates. In … particular, rather than the mixed evidence for hysteresis found using unemployment rates, employment rates result in unequivocal …This paper investigates if conclusions regarding labour market hysteresis differ depending on whether employment or …

differences across countries. In the major European countries, unemployment has increased dramatically over the past two decades …

's tax-based social transfers have not harmed either employment or GDP. Even unemployment benefits do not have robustly … employment effects, but through the net human-capital cost of protecting senior male workers at the expense of women and youth …