How the provision of unemployment benefits affects employment and unemployment is a debated issue. In this paper, we … job market with search effort and labor force participation decisions while varying the maximum length of unemployment … effort when unemployment benefits are extended. However, individuals are more likely to participate in the labor force and to …

While extensive research on unemployment insurance (UI) has examined how benefits affect workers' job search, little is …

rates of unemployment. Labor market regulations, unemployment benefits, and high levels of public consumption in many …

Unemployment insurance is usually found to show negative effects in the transition from unemployment to a new job …. However, the extent to which workers' careers might improve or deteriorate as a result of the unemployment insurance system is …

EWE is a consequence of one of the most important labor institutions: the unemployment benefit (UB). We develop a model …

The empirical literature on unemployment insurance has focused on its direct effect on unemployment duration, while the … unemployment insurance system aiming at reducing high European unemployment rates should consider both effects. This paper provides … evidence on the effect of unemployment benefits on unemployment and employment duration in Europe, using individual data from …

unemployment insurance (UI) work test on long-term employment outcomes. Adding administrative wage records to the Washington …

States at business cycle frequency. That being so,it can also generate large procyclical fluctuations in the vacancy-unemployment … ratio. This results from two plausible explanations, namely heterogeneity in households preferences and unemployment …

The paper examines the influence of unemployment insurance on the duration of employment spells in Canada using the … unemployment insurance effects. Estimates using simple proxies for eligibility indicate small, often insignificant UI effects. The …