Providing unemployment insurance is particularly problematic in countries with high informality because workers can … unemployment insurance savings account (UISA) scheme can be evaluated. The method is applied to Mexico, and the results show how … claim unemployment benefits and work in the informal sector at the same time. This paper proposes a method to evaluate …

The benefits of implementing Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts (UISAs) are studied in the presence of the … calibrated to Mexico in the early 2000s. The unconstrained optimal allocation would imply very large welfare gains relative to …

Economies with low unemployment often have high disability rates. In Norway, the permanent disability insurance rolls … percent of all new disability insurance claims. We conclude that unemployment and disability insurance are close substitutes … outnumber registered unemployment by four to one. Based on administrative register data matched with firms' financial statements …

benefits, where 51 percentage points comes from disability insurance and 13 percentage points from unemployment insurance. Our …

This paper analyses the impact of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) extensions on jobseeker households in selected …

applies less effort. We then revisit the design of optimal unemployment insurance in this environment. If the individual is … the canonical models of optimal unemployment insurance, this provides a further incentive to reduce benefits over time. … empirical studies), declining unemployment benefits reduce the payoff from crime relative to that from searching. Compared to …

applies less effort. We then revisit the design of optimal unemployment insurance in this environment. If the individual is … the canonical models of optimal unemployment insurance, this provides a further incentive to reduce benefits over time … empirical studies), declining unemployment benefits reduce the payoff from crime relative to that from searching. Compared to …

of their talent. We analyze the workings of a social insurance system in this setting. It turns out that social norms may …