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In many OECD countries, e.g. in Germany, France, or the UK, unemployment compensation consists of unemployment insurance and unemployment assis-tance. Unemployment assistance is provided subsequent to the expiration of entitlement to unemployment insurance and is lower. The e«ects of this...

Intergenerational transfers are introduced into a general equilibrium life-cycle model in order to explain observed levels of wealth heterogeneity. In our overlapping generations model, heterogenous agents face uncertain lifetime and leave both accidental and voluntary bequests to their...