We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment …

We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity … by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment …

Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift in 2005 … draw causal inference of sanction enforcements on unemployment exit hazards. Based on a novel survey sample covering the …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … social programs, savings, and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …