low bargaining power, with low labor force attachment, with high predicted unemployment duration, among job switchers and … recently unemployed workers, in areas of high unemployment, in firms with flexible pay policies, and when considering firm …Nonemployment is often posited as a worker's outside option in wage setting models such as bargaining and wage posting …

In June 1995, the Swedish parliament decided to cut the replacement rate in unemployment insurance from 80 % to 75 %, a … change that took effect on January 1, 1996. This paper examines how this change affected job finding rates among unemployed … fraction of the unemployed was affected by the reduction in replacement rates. We compare the evolution of job finding rates …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement … policy. -- early retirement ; unemployment ; disability ; policy reform ; optimal benefits …

In June 1995, the Swedish parliament decided to cut the replacement rate in unemployment insurance from 80 percent to … among unemployed insured individuals. To identify the effect of the policy we exploit a qasiexperimental feature of the … benefit cut: only a fraction of the unemployed was affected by the reduction in replacement rates. We compare the evolution of …

In June 1995, the Swedish parliament decided to cut the replacement rate in unemployment insurance from 80 percent to … among unemployed insured individuals. To identify the effect of the policy we exploit a quasi-experimental feature of the … benefit cut: only a fraction of the unemployed was affected by the reduction in replacement rates. We compare the evolution of …

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