We study the macroeconomic effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit extensions in the United States at short and … when initial durations are shorter have substantial effects on the unemployment rate and the number of people receiving UI …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …

that a decrease of say unemployment probability or an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) generosity affects saving not …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …

-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 insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante threat of sanctions. Based on a large inflow sample into unemployment … unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We estimate multispell …

We examine how a 16-week cut in potential unemployment insurance (UI) duration in Missouri affected search behavior of … estimates to simulate the unemployment rate assuming no market-level externalities. The simulated response, which implies almost … a one percentage point decline in the unemployment rate, closely approximates the estimated change in the unemployment …