We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on … unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted … for by the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefit eligibility. In contrast to the existing recent literature …

Equilibrium labor market theory suggests that unemployment benefit extensions affect unemployment by impacting both job … vacancy creation and employment and a rise in unemployment …

EWE is a consequence of one of the most important labor institutions: the unemployment benefit (UB). We develop a model …

We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on … unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted … for by the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefit eligibility. In contrast to the existing recent literature …

Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …

keine Arbeitslosenversicherung im herkömmlichen Sinne: Die Einkommenssicherung bei Arbeitslosigkeit erfolgt durch die …Im Rahmen eines Vergleichs der amerikanischen und britischen Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung wird gezeigt, daß das … Arbeitslosenversicherung und der Höhe der Freisetzung von Arbeitskräften aufweist ("experience rating"). Im Vereinigten Königreich gibt es …

larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given that the self …-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze the provision of benefits targeted at these risks using a calibrated … heterogeneity. This exercise suggests that extending the current U.S. unemployment insurance scheme to the self-employed comes with …

(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 …