-finding rates and the more standard view of negative effects. When unemployment compensation, if any, is low enough, we argue that … conclusion as well. Looking specifically at unemployment compensation, its optimal level is generally higher than when a lower …

monthly employment and unemployment rates and the monthly transition intensities between the states of employment …, unemployment, and out-of-thelabor- force for the German labor market between January/February 1983 and November/ December 1994. The …

This article analyzes the behavioral effects of unemployment benefits (UB) and it characterizes their optimal level … decrease the duration in unemployment. Extensive numerical simulations indicate that the relationship between the level of the …

German unemployment in the long term, and the cyclical sensitivity of the unemployment experience across demographic groups …. The analysis moves beyond that of unemployment rates to a detailed investigation of transition rates from employment to … unemployment and vice versa. While long-term differences across demographic groups are dominating the structure of both job loss …

The aggregate average unemployment rate in a given country is essentially the result of individual workers' transitions … between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend … unemployment rates is more sensitive to cyclical behavior for certain demographic groups, specifically unskilled and young workers …

We propose a canonical model of optimal nonlinear redistributive taxation with matching unemployment. In our model … efficient values, at the optimum gross wages and unemployment are lower. Average tax rates are moreover increasing in wages. The … robustness of these properties is also discussed. -- Optimal income taxation ; unemployment ; matching …

non-market activities. Search-matching frictions on the labor markets create unemployment. Wages, labor demand and … ; adverse selection ; random participation ; unemployment ; labor market frictions …