The existing literature assumes that unemployment insurance (UI) affects the labor market through the job finding rate … analysis of optimal UI should take a more comprehensive view of how UI affects the labor market. …

This paper analyzes the recent performance of Latin American labor markets. We find that unemployment rates are on the … rise in most countries and sub-regions of Latin America. The rise in unemployment over the 1990s is not driven by a higher … proportion of women, adults or urban workers in the labor force, nor can it be attributed to an increasing demand for skilled …

Economists have examined the impact of labor market regulations on the level of employment. However, there are many … unusually large variance in labor policy in Chile to examine how different labor market regulations affect the distribution of …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …

.1 percentage points among women. The reforms had large spillover effects to the unemployment insurance program but negligible … effects on disability insurance claims. Specifically, unemployment increased by roughly 10 percentage points both among men … government expenditures would have amounted to 264 million Euros per year. Due to higher unemployment insurance claims and …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement …