Since the last recession, it is usually argued that older workers are less affected by the economic downturn because their unemployment rate rose less than the one of prime-age workers. This view is a myth: older workers are more sensitive to the business cycle. We document volatilities of...

This paper studies the optimal unemployment insurance for older workers in a repeated principal-agent model, where the search intensity of risk-averse workers (the agents) is not observed by the risk-neutral insurance agency (the principal). When unemployment benefits are the only available...

Since the last recession, it is usually argued that older workers are less affected by the economic downturn because their unemployment rate rose less than the one of prime-age workers. This view is a myth: older workers are more sensitive to the business cycle. We document volatilities of...

[fre] Cet article propose une revue de la littérature des MEGIS en économie ouverte. Le MEGIS international de base est incapable de rendre compte de la synchronisation cyclique des PIB observée dans les données, de la faible corrélation croisée des consommations et des fortes variations...

Social Security provisions impose a tax on continued work whereas delaying the retirement age would be favorable for the financial stability of the system. It is often argued that this tax could be removed by implementing actuarially fair schemes. However, by defimtion, actuarially fair benefits...

Dans un article récent, nous avançons l'idée que la proximité de la retraite est en soi un frein à l'emploi des seniors. Par conséquent, le recul de l'âge de la retraite pourrait être un instrument efficace pour stimuler l'emploi des seniors repoussant l'horizon de la fin de vie active....

This paper studies the optimal unemployment insurance for older workers in a repeated principal-agent model, where the search intensity of risk-averse workers (the agents) is not observed by the risk-neutral insurance agency (the principal). When unemployment benefits are the only available...