This paper shows empirically that the non-employment effects of unemployment insurance (UI) for older workers depend in … with retirement policies. Accounting for interactions across UI and retirement institutions also helps explain otherwise … difficult-to-explain trends in the unemployment rate of older German workers …

We empirically analyze the optimal mix and optimal generosity of unemployment insurance and social assistance programs … temporary earnings-related unemployment insurance. The optimal amount of social assistance is heavily influenced by income …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

This paper estimates the causal effect of long-term unemployment on wages. Job search theory implies that if … Unemployment Insurance (UI) extensions do not affect wages conditional on the month of unemployment exit, then reservation wages do … not bind on average. Then, UI extensions affect mean wages only through unemployment durations and are valid instrumental …