Purpose This paper explores the evidence of a long-run co-movement between aggregate unemployment insurance spending … and the labor force participation rate in the USA. The unemployment insurance (UI) program tends to expand during an … economic downturn and contract during an expansion. UI may incentivize unemployment and may also facilitate better matching in …

This paper provides new evidence on the effect of the 2012 reform on flows from UB to employment. The reform increased … the steepness of the time profile of unemployment benefits by raising the initial benefit, lowering its long-term level … system led to an increase in flows towards employment or inactivity either in the aggregate or when comparing groups of …

This study's main objective is assessing the effects of innovation on firms' employment growth. Further, we aimed to … employment and contributes to the improvement of job quality. Specifically, product and marketing innovations emerge as important … tools for increasing employment in Ecuador. Moreover, product innovation favors high-skilled over low-skilled work- ers …