This paper shows empirically that the non-employment effects of unemployment insurance (UI) for older workers depend in … difficult-to-explain trends in the unemployment rate of older German workers …

Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …

wage effects and the response of unemployment to changes in unemployment benefits. The model estimates that the costs of … important policy implications. Because changes to unemployment benefits affect sectors differently, these changes impact the …

During the recent recession only 17 states offered short-time compensation (STC) - pro-rated unemployment benefits for …

that unemployment rates may reach unprecedented heights during the COVID-19 crisis, steep increases in Medicaid coverage …

We explore the effect of various factors on interstate differences in weekly unemployment insurance claims, focusing … (CARES) legislation, and the nature of state economies. We find that during the initial weeks of the pandemic, unemployment … experienced greater weekly unemployment claims. We find mixed evidence that unemployment benefits affect the number of …

We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on … unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted … for by the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefit eligibility. In contrast to the existing recent literature …

unemployment. Labor market regulations, unemployment benefits, and high levels of public consumption in many European countries …