By how much does an extension of unemployment benefits affect macroeconomic outcomes such as unemployment? Answering … this question is challenging because U.S. law extends benefits for states experiencing high unemployment. We use data … revisions to decompose the variation in the duration of benefits into the part coming from actual differences in economic …

We provide new evidence on the effect of the unemployment insurance (UI) weekly benefit amount on unemployment …

Unemployment can negatively affect individuals, their families and communities in various ways. When individuals are … examine the impact of unemployment benefits on health, living standards and unemployment in Turkey using the panel Income and … for causality. Our findings suggest a significant impact of unemployment benefits on health and living standards. Moreover …

effects of UI benefit duration in the form of across-border work patterns that are consistent with increased tightness in high …