We study how unemployment benefit eligibility affects the layoff exit rate by exploiting quasi-experimental variation … 12% in the layoff probability when unemployment benefit eligibility is attained, which persists for about 16 weeks. These …

In this paper, we develop a methodology to summarize the various policy parameters of an unemployment insurance scheme … into a single generosity parameter. Unemployment insurance policies are multdimensional objects. They are typically defined … unemployment matter when assessing the generosity of different policies. We build a first model with such complex characteristics …

The goal of this paper is to establish if unemployment insurance policies are more generous in Europe than in the … to explain the differences in unemployment rates. …

This paper analyzes optimal insurance against unemployment and disability in a private information economy with … unemployment, decreasing benefits are not necessarily optimal in this setting. The prevention constraint implies increasing … decreasing during unemployment. …

supranational unemployment insurance scheme. The model is calibrated to the euro area's core and periphery and features a rich …-regional correlation of unemployment and in ation increases by up to 52% and 27%, respectively, compared to the decentralised setting. The …

The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which an individual?s use of unemployment insurance (UI) as a …

We examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and unemployment using Swedish regional data. To estimate the … effect of an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) on unemployment we exploit the ceiling on UI benefits. The benefit … find fairly robust evidence suggesting that the actual generosity of UI does matter for regional unemployment. Increases in …

The paper describes and evaluates unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) - a relatively new and not well …-known way of providing unemployment benefits. The UISAs reduce work disincentives by allowing recipients to keep their own … unused unemployment contributions, and offer the possibility to extend coverage to informal sector workers. In addition, if …

Existing unemployment insurance systems in many OECD countries involve a ceiling on insurable earnings. The result is …

Should unemployment compensation be paid indefinitely at a fixed rate or should it decline (or increase) over a worker …'s unemployment spell? We examine these issues using an equilibrium model of search unemployment. The model features worker … optimal insurance program implies a declining sequence of unemployment compensation over the spell of unemployment. Numerical …