While much empirical research has been done on the labour market consequences of unemployment benefits, there is … against the possibility of unemployment and unemployment benefits increase the unemployment rate. We then conduct, what we … believe, is one of the first empirical analyses of the determinants of the parameters of the unemployment benefit system …

quantitatively underestimates the correlation of structural unemployment rates across countries. This mirrors the well-known finding … by Shimer (2005) by which thestandard search-and-matching model predicts too small fluctuations of unemployment rates …

panel data from Washington State assembled from 2002-2014 administrative wage and unemployment insurance (UI) records. Three …

unemployment. Usinglongitudinal micro data from the period between 1992 and 1999, it also studies alternative measures of …

shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …