We empirically analyze the optimal mix and optimal generosity of unemployment insurance and social assistance programs …, savings, and the labor supplies of all adult household members. We show that the optimal policy mix is dominated by moderately … generous social assistance, which guarantees a permanent universal minimum household income, with only a minor role for …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both … social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on … Social Assistance, which provides a permanent universal household income oor, with a minor role for temporary earnings …

by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment …We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a … unemployment insurance is reduced. A revenue-neutral rebalancing of social support away from unemployment insurance and toward …

's or father's job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive and significant impact on the … labor supply of other household members. However, it increases the likelihood of spouses to switch to informal and …, coverage of social security does not provide enough support in coping with unemployment shocks. Instead, we find that mothers …

childcare time were found within the household (fathers or other co-resident adults). … depends on their employment status and household characteristics. Using a simultaneous sequential approach, we consider links … strongly influences the time spent by both spouses with their children in 2002, but not in 1988. Fathers were much more …

childcare time were found within the household (fathers or other co-resident adults). … depends on their employment status and household characteristics. Using a simultaneous sequential approach, we consider links … strongly influences the time spent by both spouses with their children in 2002, but not in 1988. Fathers were much more …