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 …

countries, we find that family firms feature more stable employment, greater wage flexibility and lower labor cost than non …-family ones. Employment stability in family firms is greater, and the wage discount larger, in countries with more generous public … unemployment insurance: private and public provision of employment insurance are substitutes. …

unemployed veterans. Finally, we also find evidence that suggests that the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act … increased employment of the unemployed by 2.6 percent and that the reemployment reforms introduced in 2012 as part of the UI … extensions increased employment by 6 percent for the long-term unemployed. …

questions on the determinants of firms' labor demand, unemployed individuals' job search behavior and the state's role in …