long-run loss is due to a decline in wages. We also show that even the generous German unemployment insurance system … Displacement ; Mass-Layoffs ; Unemployment Insurance System …

This paper evaluates the impact of large changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) in different economic … unemployment spells and career histo-ries over twenty years from Germany. We find that increases in UI have small to modest effects … UI during recessions do not lead to lasting increases in unemployment duration, nor can they explain differ-ences in …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …

permanent universal minimum household income, with a minor role for temporary earnings-related unemployment insurance. Optimal …

permanent universal minimum household income, with a minor role for temporary earnings-related unemployment insurance. Optimal …

reduced the generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We use a model with different unemployment durations, where the … the existing disagreement in the macroeconomic literature on the unemployment effects of Hartz IV. We find that Hartz IV … was a major driver for the decline of Germany’s unemployment and that partial and equilibrium effect where of equal …