It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at thesame time active labor market …

This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipientsunder the Chilean program … unemployment insurance programs. Our study is the first one to empiricallyinvestigate whether UISAs improve work incentives. We … find that for beneficiaries using theSF, the pattern of job finding rates over the duration of unemployment is consistent …