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on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs. -- unemployment … ; search-matching equilibrium ; wage bargaining ; reductions of social security contributions ; unemployment insurance ; labor …
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-finding rates and the more standard view of negative effects. When unemployment compensation, if any, is low enough, we argue that … conclusion as well. Looking specifically at unemployment compensation, its optimal level is generally higher than when a lower …
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This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. We argue that a viable European fiscal union can be constructed without joint liability for public debt or a centralized government with a large common budget. Such a fiscal union should combine elements of market discipline...
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We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess … degree of cross-country transfers. In the baseline, we focus on a non-contingent scheme covering short-term unemployment and … find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, four …
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This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. The proposal addresses the shortcomings of most other reform designs which do not offer a solution for insolvent or noncooperative euro countries. We suggest a design which combines fiscal insurance with an orderly procedure to...
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Unemployment Insurance (UI) scheme in which job search requirements are imposed on UI recipients with hyperbolic preferences. We …
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Unemployment Insurance (UI) scheme in which job search requirements are imposed on UI recipients with hyperbolic preferences. We …
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