, an additionally provided monthly application decreases the length of spells by 4%. In line with theory, we further find …

This paper investigates the incentives that may induce workers to supplement income from unemployment benefits by … schedule of benefit payments, we describe how informal sector participation changes over the duration of unemployment, in turn … analysis identifies scope for reallocation of resources towards less generous programmes within unemployment protection, which …

This paper aims to examine the economic impact of the implementation of an unemployment insurance (UI) program for … welfare compared to other social protection systems such as unemployment assistance. …

and from high-wage firms. The reallocation attenuates earnings losses by about 50%, approximately equal to the insurance … distress, search for jobs and access public insurance. Using the model, we calculate that employees' willingness to pay for …

The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears … transitions are influenced by social insurance benefits available for sick or unemployed workers. We examine how these benefits … affect individual decisions on absence and search and the implications for employment, unemployment and nonparticipation. The …

lifetime tax reform linking annual taxes to previous employment could improve the system's insurance capabilities, albeit at …

in geographical mobility, unemployment and labor market institutions. Rational agents vote over unemployment insurance … unemployment, low geographical mobility and high unemployment insurance, and one American steadystate featuring low unemployment …, high mobility and low unemployment insurance. …

, generous unemployment insurance and active labor market programmes. It analyzes in which conditions flexicurity can be optimal … thus provides incentives for costly self-insurance against unemployment risk through education, mitigating the moral hazard … cost of unemployment insurance and activation programmes. The paper provides realistic numerical illustrations where …