We study the macroeconomic effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit extensions in the United States at short and … when initial durations are shorter have substantial effects on the unemployment rate and the number of people receiving UI …

policy mix of unemployment insurance agencies. We analyze unique data on three sources of information on the probability of … re-employment within 6 months (RE6), for the same individuals sampled from the inflow into unemployment. First, they were …

the same individuals sampled from the inflow into unemployment. First, they were asked for their perceived probability of … nach Eintritt in die Arbeitslosigkeit. Erstens wurden Arbeitslose kurz nach Beginn der Arbeitslosigkeit nach ihrer …

the same individuals sampled from the inflow into unemployment. First, they were asked for their perceived probability of …

Unemployment insurance provides temporary cash benefits to eligible unemployed workers. Benefits are sometimes extended … offers throughout their spell of unemployment. The welfare consequences of misperceiving the probability and length of an …

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, U.S. data on labor market histories of displaced workers are used to quantify the effect of Unemployment … Insurance Compensation (UIC) on both unemployment and employment durations. This results in the first available assessment of … unemployment durations. …