Economic performance and unemployment -- Unemployment protection -- Unemployment compensation in the OECD-20 countries -- Unemployment compensation in the CEE-FSU countries -- Unemployment compensation in East and South Asia -- Unemployment compensation in Latin America and Caribbean countries...

We investigate the determinants of firms' implicit insurance to employees, using a difference-indifference approach: we rely on differences between family and non-family firms to identify the supply of insurance, and exploit variation in unemployment insurance across and within countries to...