The empirical literature on unemployment insurance has focused on its direct effect on unemployment duration, while the … unemployment insurance system aiming at reducing high European unemployment rates should consider both effects. This paper provides … evidence on the effect of unemployment benefits on unemployment and employment duration in Europe, using individual data from …

Job loss expectations were widespread among workers in East Germany after reunification with West Germany. Though … respect to their job risk. Over time, job loss expectations fell and converged to West German levels, which was driven by a … up to West Germans regarding the accuracy of job loss expectations. …

Job loss expectations were widespread among workers in East Germany aftfter reunification with West Germany. Though … with respect to their job risk. Over time, job loss expectations fell and converged to West German levels, which was driven … quickly caught up to West Germans regarding the accuracy of job loss expectations. …

across diverse job roles, organizations, and sectors. The analysis defies prevailing expectations of job losses due to AI …

being either in regular employment or registered unemployment. Our findings therefore do not lend support to the stepping …

- unemployment, employment and inactivity (or OLF) - in the Danish labour market. I find that women and individuals over fifty are … more likely to experience the long-term unemployment and inactivity. The less educated and unskilled workers are found to …

The introduction of unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISA) in Chile in October 2002 introduced more … comprehensive unemployment protection while decreasing the opportunity costs of job change. Being the first to empirically …

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB)systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

Unemployment increased drastically over the course of the Great Recession from 4.5 percent prior to the recession to 10 … percent at its peak in October 2009. Since then, the unemployment rate has come down steadily, and it stood at 5.8 percent in … November 2014. Based on existing analyses and some new evidence, this paper establishes that much of the change in unemployment …