probability of leaving unemployment? The experiment indicates that a relatively large fraction (one third) of the referrals do not … experiment where the outcome of referrals is examined. To what extent do unemployed individuals actually apply for the jobs they …, especially among young people. However, we find no significant impact on the duration of unemployment. …

previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in unemployment benefits. However, our results also show that some groups, such … demands may contribute to high unemployment. …

receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …

shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …

This paper studies optimal unemployment bene…fit levels and optimal proportional income tax rates over the business … cycle. Previous research suggests that policy makers should make unemployment insurance (UI) dependent on the business cycle … unemployment. An alternative way to redistribute income is to vary tax rates over the business cycle. In this paper, we develop an …

the design of optimal unemployment insurance in an economy with unemployment as well as part-time unemployment. Part …-time unemployment provides income insurance and serves as a stepping stone to full-time jobs. Unemployment benefits for part …-timers increase the outflow from unemployment to part-time work but reduce the outflow from part-time work to fulltime employment. We …

A vast literature has investigated how unemployment insurance (UI) affects labor supply. However, the distorting effect … deterministic relationship between previous earnings and unemployment benefits. The ran domized assignment of benefits created by … the kink allows me to identify how UI affect the use of private wealth to finance consumption during unemployment spells …

that a decrease of say unemployment probability or an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) generosity affects saving not …

unemployment has a weak positive effect on the probability of filling a vacancy, while the number of vacancies in the local labor …