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Should UI benefits really fall over time?

Hassler, John; Rodríguez Mora, José Vicente - 2002

The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in a tractable model allowing moral hazard, adverse selection and hidden saving. Analytical results show that when the search productivity of unemployed is constant over the...

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Business cycles, unemployment insurance, and the calibration of matching models

Costain, James; Reiter, Michael - 2003

This paper points out an empirical failing of real business cycle models in which unemployment is endogenized through a matching function. One can easily choose a calibration to make the cyclical fluctuation in unemployment as large in the model as it is in the data, or to make the response of...

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Universal basic income versus unemployment insurance

Fabre, Alice; Pallage, Stéphane J.; Zimmermann, Christian - 2014

In this paper we compare the welfare effects of unemployment insurance (UI) with a universal basic income (UBI) system … shocks. While the unemployment insurance program should do a better job at protecting the unemployed, it suffers from moral … for insurance purposes because it is better targeted towards those in need. …

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Universal basic income versus unemployment insurance

Fabre, Alice; Pallage, Stéphane J.; Zimmermann, Christian - 2014

In this paper we compare the welfare effects of unemployment insurance (UI) with an universal basic income (UBI) system … shocks. While the unemployment insurance program should do a better job at protecting the unemployed, it suffers from moral … for insurance purposes because it is better targeted towards those in need. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459671

The macroeconomics of automation : data, theory, and policy analysis

Jaimovich, Nir; Saporta-Eksten, Itay; Siu, Henry E.; … - 2020

The U.S. economy has experienced a significant drop in the fraction of the population employed in middle wage, "routine task-intensive" occupations. Applying machine learning techniques, we identify characteristics of those who used to be employed in such occupations and show they are now less...

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What hides behind the German labor market miracle? : unemployment insurance reforms and labor market dynamics

Hartung, Benjamin; Jung, Philip; Kuhn, Moritz - 2018

A key question in labor market research is how the unemployment insurance system affects unemployment rates and labor …

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What hides behind the German labor market miracle? : unemployment insurance reforms and labor market dynamics

Hartung, Benjamin; Jung, Philip; Kuhn, Moritz - 2018

A key question in labor market research is how the unemployment insurance system affects unemployment rates and labor …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011936315

Labor market transitions and the availability of unemployment insurance

Bradbury, Katharine L. - 2014 - This version: July 9, 2014

Economists often expect unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to elevate unemployment rates because recipients may …

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Sticky wages on the layoff margin

Davis, Steven J.; Krolikowski, Pawel - 2023

We design and field an innovative survey of unemployment insurance (UI) recipients that yields new insights about wage …

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Optimal unemployment insurance requirements

Souza, Gustavo Moreira de; Luduvice, André Victor Doherty - 2022 - This version: April 2022

In the US, workers must satisfy two requirements to receive unemployment insurance (UI): a tenure requirement of a …

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