This paper studies the differences in firm size distributions between European countries. We start by documenting large differences using the EFIGE database: in the countries under most severe distress in the sample (Italy and Spain) firms are relatively small compared with the remaining...

We evaluate the welfare gains of extending the duration and increasing the replacement ratio of the current unemployment insurance system in US. To this end, we build a general equilibrium overlapping generations model with on the job human capital accumulation. The model is able, among other...