A common finding of the optimal unemployment insurance literature is that the optimal replacement rate is around 50 …

employer firms. The German legislature addressed this issue with investive measures for unemployment insurance, one of which is … the Qualification Opportunities Act (Qualifizierungschancengesetz). Funds taken from unemployment insurance can now be … assessments of whether training subsidies co-financed by unemployment insurance are just. …

-paying jobs. This led to a dramatic increase in inequality in labor earnings during the pandemic. Simulating standard unemployment … benefits and Unemployment Insurance (UI) provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, we …

We consider an economy characterised by involuntary unemployment among low skilled workers, and investigate the … implications for employment and income of welfare schemes often advocated as less distortionary. We show that reducing unemployment … deterioration. To support employment, we suggest that systems grounded in contribution-based unemployment insurance schemes are to …

This paper presents new information on activity-related eligibility criteria for unemployment and related benefits in … OECD and EU countries in 2017, comparing the strictness of "demanding" elements built into unemployment benefits across … countries and over time. Eligibility criteria for unemployment benefits determine what claimants need to do to successfully …

We analyze whether the introduction or an increase of unemployment insurance (UI hereafter) benefits in developing …

-state unemployment insurance (UI) program experienced dramatic increases in participation. Using Michigan program administrative data on … eligibility requirements. Unemployment insurance applicants with insufficient wage credits or job separations because of quitting …

people in January 2013 – or 15.1 percent of all Americans – and the Unemployment Insurance Program (UI), which more than …