unemployment insurance (UI). This policy reform improved job information and sharpened bureaucratic incentives to find jobs for the … unemployment outflows. This is consistent with a model where information helps both groups, but bureaucrats were given incentives …

larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self …-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze the provision of benefits targeted at these risks using a calibrated …. This exercise suggests that extending the current US unemployment insurance scheme to the self-employed comes with a clear …