The well-known positive relationship between the unemployment benefit level and unemployment duration can be separated … difficult to separate empirically, but the social optimality of an unemployment insurance policy can be evaluated by studying … the effect of a non-distortionary lump-sum severance grant on unemployment durations. In this study, I evaluate the …

We design and field an innovative survey of unemployment insurance (UI) recipients that yields new insights about wage … efficient separations that holds in leading theories of job separations, frictional unemployment, and job ladders. We draw on …

We study the effects of front-loading the payment of unemployment benefits in general equilibrium economies with … discuss robustness to changing the generosity, duration and eligibility of unemployment insurance. …

We study the effects of front-loading the payment of unemployment benefits in an equilibrium matching framework with … precautionary savings. Front-loading the benefit system trades off fewer means to smooth consumption at long unemployment durations …

Can the potential availability of unemployment insurance (UI) affect the behavior of employed workers and the duration … elasticity impacts welfare with a similar magnitude to the well-known elasticity of unemployment duration to benefit level. …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …

We develop a model of job search and use it to assess the effects that the Brazilian unemployment benefit system has on … exit rates from unemployment. In our setup, unemployed workers receive job offers from the formal and informal sectors and … decide whether to accept them or wait. Only jobs in the formal sector come with unemployment benefits. After incorporating …

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress expanded unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in three ways. First, it … are eligible to receive UI via the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Third, it extended the duration of …