Auray, Stéphane; Fuller, David L. - In: Quantitative Economics 11 (2020) 3, pp. 1059-1107
In this paper, we investigate the causes and consequences of "unclaimed" unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. A search … collecting, with improper denials accounting for 8% of the total cost. The endogenous collection costs imply the unemployment … net of vacancy costs. Moreover, this change has minimal impact on the unemployment rate. …