The effects of the German unemployment compensation system on aggregate savings and the distribution of wealth are studied in a general equilibrium 60-period OLG model. The distribution of wealth is derived as an endogenous function of the parameters characterizing the unemployment compensation...

This book is concerned with dynamic relations between interregional division of labor, division of consumption and determination of prices structure within a perfectly competitive framework in spatial economy. Our analytical framework examines the issues related to interregional dynamics raised...

While there has been considerable discussion of the adequacy of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits as a form of income replacement, there is little evidence on the other resources that the unemployed have to finance their unemployment spells. In this paper I focus on focus on one form of...