Basten, Christoph; Fagereng, Andreas; Telle, Kjetil - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2012
precautionary saving and a shift toward safer assets in the years leading up to unemployment, and depletion of savings during … unemployment. This suggests that at least some households can foresee and prepare for upcoming unemployment, which indicates that … private savings can to some extent serve as a substitute for publicly provided unemployment insurance. …