Posts tagged with 'unemployment insurance'
April 9, 2019
What was the effect of Hartz IV on German unemployment?
A macroeconomic controversy and a solution
December 19, 2018
What hides behind the German labor market miracle?
Decrease in separation rates explains much of the decline in unemployment after the Hartz reforms
November 30, 2016
Generosity of unemployment benefits affects job search effort
Unemployment insurance (UI) schemes face a dual challenge: By partly replacing forgone labor income, they should enable unemployed individuals to […]
January 20, 2016
Labor market policy: Parts of the picture are missing
By Patrick Arni, Gerard van den Berg, and Rafael Lalive The standard empirical evaluations of labor market policy only consider […]
October 29, 2014
Beware of moral hazard: Joint unemployment insurance for the EMU
The ongoing crisis calls for better fiscal cooperation within the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Beyond tax policy coordination, […]
October 23, 2013
How much unemployment insurance do we need?
By Rafel Lalive, Camille Landais and Josef Zweimüller The global crisis that erupted in 2008 has put millions of worker […]
May 31, 2013
Seek and ye shall find: how search requirements affect job finding rates of older workers
Older workers often have difficulties to find a new job after becoming unemployment. While this problem is often attributed to […]
May 15, 2013
Extended unemployment insurance did not affect U.S. unemployment rate
Unemployment insurance (UI) benefits typically are available for 26 weeks in the United States. In response to the Great Recession […]
April 29, 2013
Older workers use longer unemployment benefit duration to retire earlier
Extending the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) bene fits is one of the most important policy instruments to ease economic hardships […]