Unemployment insurance provides temporary cash benefits to eligible unemployed workers. Benefits are sometimes extended … offers throughout their spell of unemployment. The welfare consequences of misperceiving the probability and length of an …

-finding rates and the more standard view of negative effects. When unemployment compensation, if any, is low enough, we argue that … conclusion as well. Looking specifically at unemployment compensation, its optimal level is generally higher than when a lower …

them, and workers use this information to infer their types. Our theory explains how search outcomes during unemployment … process and best occupations fitting to them. A search and learning model is provided in order to analyze these effects. In … the model, search outcomes relay information about workers’ job finding abilities and appropriate occupations suited to …

This paper aims to examine the economic impact of the implementation of an unemployment insurance (UI) program for … for entrepreneurs would impact the economy using a model of entrepreneurship based on a search and matching framework. The … welfare compared to other social protection systems such as unemployment assistance. …