We study unemployment insurance in a framework where the main source of heterogeneity among agents is the type of … aggregate wealth moments. Our central finding is that changes to the current unemployment insurance program are valued … differently by married and single households. In particular, a more generous unemployment insurance reduces the welfare of married …

We study unemployment insurance in a framework where the main source of heterogeneity among agents is the type of … aggregate wealth moments. Our central finding is that changes to the current unemployment insurance program are valued … differently by married and single households. In particular, a more generous unemployment insurance reduces the welfare of married …

In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …

document how worker flows between employment, unemployment, and out of the labor force vary by gender and age and contribute to … participation) and intensive margin (i.e., variable intensity) of search effort. The model attributes a major role to the production …

In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …

document how worker flows between employment, unemployment, and out of the labor force vary by gender and age and contribute to … participation) and intensive margin (i.e., variable intensity) of search effort. The model attributes a major role to the production …

In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …

In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …

) Regarding gender differences: transition involving non-participation matters more in the variance of female unemployment and … employment, informal employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. We compute the contribution of each transition rate to … fluctuations in unemployment and informality rates. We identify five stylized facts: (i) Nearly 40% of the fluctuations in the …

the implications of this heterogeneity for unemployment insurance. We show theoretically how the optimal benefit can …