on unemployment should have in order to be incentive-compatible and politically feasible. It then derives empirically the …-national transfers, mimicking those that would be generated by a notional euro-wide unemployment benefit scheme of minimal coverage and …

Eurozone. We discuss different alternatives how an unemployment insurance system for the euro area could be designed and run …

"The empirical literature on unemployment insurance has focused on its direct effect on unemployment duration, while … of the unemployment insurance system aiming at reducing high European unemployment rates should consider both effects …. This paper provides evidence on the effect of unemployment benefits on unemployment and employment duration in Europe …