A hallmark of modern labor economics is the close interplay between the development of theory, data sources and … econometric testing. The evolution of the economic analysis of unemployment insurance provides a good illustration. New … theoretical approaches, in particular job-search theory, have inspired a large amount of empirical research, some of it …

Should unemployment compensation be paid indefinitely at a fixed rate or should it decline (or increase) over a worker … s unemployment spell? We examine these issues using an equilibrium model of search unemployment. The model features … is that an optimal insurance program implies a declining sequence of unemployment compensation over the spell of …

This paper provides a review of the recent literature on how incentives in unemployment insurance (UI) can be improved …

This paper analyses crucial design features of unemployment insurance (UI) policies. We examine three different means … workfare. To that end we develop a quantitative model of equilibrium unemployment. The model features worker heterogeneity …

This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search e … featuring indefinite payments of benefits and a system with a time limit on unemployment benefit receipt. The optimal sanction …

This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort … featuring indefinite payments of benefits and a system with a time limit on unemployment benefit receipt. …

This paper provides a review of the recent literature on how incentives in unemployment insurance (UI) can be improved …

This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort … featuring indefinite payments of benefits and a system with a time limit on unemployment benefit receipt. The optimal sanction …

This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort … featuring indefinite payments of benefits and a system with a time limit on unemployment benefit receipt. The optimal sanction …

This paper analyzes the design of optimal unemployment insurance in a search equilibrium framework where search effort … featuring indefinite payments of benefits and a system with a time limit on unemployment benefit receipt. The optimal sanction …