-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 …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …

All developed economies have unemployment benefit programs to protect workers against major income losses during spells … of unemployment. By enabling unemployed workers to meet basic consumption needs, the programs protect workers from having … recessions. If benefits are too generous, however, the programs can lengthen unemployment and raise the unemployment rate. The …

We study unemployment insurance in a framework where the main source of heterogeneity among agents is the type of … aggregate wealth moments. Our central finding is that changes to the current unemployment insurance program are valued … differently by married and single households. In particular, a more generous unemployment insurance reduces the welfare of married …

unemployment (i.e., business closure) vary according to their characteristics. The findings suggest that the post-closure career …

Individual unemployment accounts (IUAs) attenuate the moral hazard attached to unemployment insurance. However, the …

composition of unemployment (rationing versus frictional) influences the way firing costs affect employment. The model suggests … that firing costs lead to a strong adverse employment effect if unemployment is mainly caused by job rationing, whereas in … indicate that for two of the three wrongful-dismissal laws investigated, unemployment composition is crucial for the induced …

This study was conducted by examining the interrelationships between Corruption, Human Resources, and Unemployment in … study aims to examine the relationship that exists between Corruption, Human Resources, and Unemployment so as to provide …, and Unemployment. Our conclusions indicate that corruption makes a considerable contribution to the growth and progress of …

study the disincentive effect of unemployment insurance on (formal) reemployment in Brazil, and show that our bounds remain …