non-participation, as a distinct state from unemployment and employment, is determined by the welfare system in … such as education, skill degradation, age, labor market shocks, labor taxes, unemployment insurance benefits and social … assistance. We extend our framework by allowing for time-inconsistent choices and demonstrate the possibility of an unemployment …

Social comparisons are important in the employment sphere. A "culture of unemployment" may evolve and prevail because … group. We advance the idea that by making the receipt of unemployment benefits conditional on engagement in an incentive …

The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in an … search productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant …