, which may decrease with UI benefits. In this paper, we estimate the impact of UI eligibility on employment, means …

We analyze the effect of low-skill workers offshoring on the welfare of the economy. In the context of a matching model … with different possible equilibria, we discuss two policies that could potentially outweigh the negative welfare effects of … that, while both policy instruments can theoretically bring the economy back to previous welfare levels, careful thought …

We analyze the effects of low-skill workers offshoring on the welfare of the economy. In the context of a matching … model with different possible equilibria, we discuss two policies that could potentially outweigh the negative welfare … suggest that, while both policy instruments can theoretically bring the economy back to previous welfare levels, careful …

Existing research on the static effects of the manipulation of welfare program benefit parameters on labor supply has … on labor supply of welfare expansions and contractions may differ in different time periods with different populations … obtained from a theory-consistent reduced form model which allows for a nonparametric specification of how changes in welfare …

. Our exercise suggests that the endogenous adjustment of low-skill workers can only partially offset the welfare …-deteriorating effects of offshoring. As a result, we aim at restoring welfare by increasing the opportunity cost of staying low-skill. In … addition to this, we also consider labor flexibility as an effective policy to deal with the adverse welfare effects of …