unemployment benefits. Will social welfare rise as a result? Will some groups be winners and other groups be losers? Will the …

How the provision of unemployment benefits affects employment and unemployment is a debated issue. In this paper, we … job market with search effort and labor force participation decisions while varying the maximum length of unemployment … effort when unemployment benefits are extended. However, individuals are more likely to participate in the labor force and to …

Entitlement conditions are a little explored dimension of unemployment insurance (UI) schemes. In this paper, we … benefits in France after 2009. Using administrative panel data matching employment and unemployment spells, we first provide … level – through a jump in transitions from employment to unemployment – and at the macro level – through the scheduling of …

the steepness of the time profile of unemployment benefits by raising the initial benefit, lowering its long-term level …

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 …