50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … of 2.5; 5) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion …; 6) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI …

50 states and D.C., job search is inversely related to the generosity of unemployment benefits, with an elasticity … of 2.5; 5) job search intensity for those eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) increases prior to benefit exhaustion …; 6) time devoted to job search is fairly constant regardless of unemployment duration for those who are ineligible for UI …

In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … extensions across states to estimate the overall impact of these extensions on unemployment duration, comparing the experience … extensions on unemployment transitions and duration. We rely on individual variation in benefit availability based on the …

unemployment across a sample of OECD countries. Using an incomplete markets variant of the fair wage real business cycle model …, increases in the gross replacement rate of public unemployment insurance are shown to increase the volatility of employment, and … which unemployment is endogenised in the model. …

The aim of this paper is to study unemployment and job creation in the GCC countries. Population growth rates in all …, unemployment could reach 40% for youths aged between 20 and 24, and higher for women. Creating appropriate job opportunities for … nationals, and reducing current unemployment, is a critical focus of GCC governments. …

selective extension of the potential duration of unemployment benefits. If social interactions are important, this policy change … affects entitled individuals not only directly, but also indirectly by altering the duration of unemployment in the reference …

This paper studies the incidence and determinants of episodes of drastic unemployment reduction, defined as swift …, substantial, and sustained declines in unemployment. We identify 43 episodes over a period of nearly 3 decades in 94 rich, middle …-income and transition countries. Unemployment reductions often coincide with an acceleration of growth and an improvement in …

We argue that US welfare would rise if unemployment insurance were increased for younger and decreased for older … workers. This is because the young tend to lack the means to smooth consumption during unemployment and want jobs to … accumulate high-return human capital. So unemployment insurance is most valuable to them, while moral hazard is mild. By …

This paper explores the optimal interaction between the tax system and unemployment compensation in insuring people … against the risks of involuntary unemployment and low ability.To that end, we introduce search unemployment in a model of … and the unemployment benefit) increases if, for efficient agents, the participation constraint (governing job search …