reservation wages, including key policy variables such as unemployment insurance (UI), is scarce. In France, unemployed people … duration (PBD) on reservation wages and on other dimensions of job selectivity, using a difference-in-difference strategy. We … of hours, duration of labor contract and commuting time/distance. The estimated elasticity of actual benefit duration …

benefits or by taxing unemployment benefits) could significantly lower the average duration of unemployment and the relative … number of long duration spells of unemployment. Because of the non-linear response of the unemployment duration to the … than the wage ontheir previous job.Our econometric evidence shows that the level of unemployment benefitsrelative to …

In many countries, reducing unemployment is among the most important policy goals. In this context, monitoring job …

(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …

(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …

to identify the elasticity of unemployment insurance filings with respect to search intensity. Applying our elasticity … estimate to the state-level Google Trends indexes for the topic "unemployment", we show that out-of-sample forecasts made ahead … the demand for unemployment insurance. In addition, we provide a robust assessment of the uncertainty surrounding these …