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The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in an … search productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant …
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in geographical mobility, unemployment and labor market institutions. Rational agents vote over unemployment insurance … unemployment, low geographical mobility and high unemployment insurance, and one American steadystate featuring low unemployment …, high mobility and low unemployment insurance. …
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The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in a … productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant. The only …
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This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. We argue that a viable European fiscal union can be constructed without joint liability for public debt or a centralized government with a large common budget. Such a fiscal union should combine elements of market discipline...
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We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess … degree of cross-country transfers. In the baseline, we focus on a non-contingent scheme covering short-term unemployment and … find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, four …
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This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. The proposal addresses the shortcomings of most other reform designs which do not offer a solution for insolvent or noncooperative euro countries. We suggest a design which combines fiscal insurance with an orderly procedure to...
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We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed …-term unemployment and find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, 5 …
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We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed …-term unemployment and find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, 5 …
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