Although a meaningful percentage of firms are created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in … Europe often subsidize unemployed individuals to start their own businesses, little is known about the role of unemployment … extensive margin of (self-)employment and on unemployment duration. We find heterogeneous effects on the extensive margin: while …

All developed economies have unemployment benefit programs to protect workers against major income losses during spells … of unemployment. By enabling unemployed workers to meet basic consumption needs, the programs protect workers from having … recessions. If benefits are too generous, however, the programs can lengthen unemployment and raise the unemployment rate. The …

study points at the changes in Germany's status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been … relinquished for a larger share of dependent population. Unemployment insurance benefit duration is shorter now and newly created …

security system ; unemployment insurance ; labour supply …

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB)systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment … balances in these accounts are available to them during periods of unemployment. The government is able to undertake balanced … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …