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Double-Sided Moral Hazard in Job Displacement Insurance Contracts [PDF]

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Job displacement insurance typically includes both unemployment benefits and lump-sum severance pay, and each has provoked policy concerns. Unemployment insurance concerns have centered on distorted job search/offer acceptance decisions by the worker ...
Parsons, Donald O.
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When wine walked into grocery stores: Examining the (un)intended economic consequences of wine Sale reform in Tennessee

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Alcohol policy liberalization is a contentious issue in the United States, including debates over whether grocery stores should be allowed to sell wine. This issue reflects a dilemma between accommodating consumer convenience, promoting wine industry growth, and generating tax revenue, versus concerns about potential harm to liquor stores ...
Jiayu Sun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk aversion does not justify the introduction of mandatory unemployment insurance in the shirking model [PDF]

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The introduction of unemployment insurance is usually thought to increase welfare if workers are sufficiently risk averse. We analyse the effects of introducing mandatory unemployment insurance in the shirking model.
Clemens Fuest, Julia Fath
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Mitigating tough times? How material self‐interest influences citizens' welfare state behavior

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It is a long‐standing view that citizens support the welfare state because it provides insurance against future income losses. However, existing studies have struggled to isolate the effect of future‐oriented material self‐interest from normative and political predispositions.
Matias Engdal Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

Unemployment Insurance, Recall Expectations, And Unemployment Outcomes [PDF]

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This paper shows the importance of explicitly accounting for the possibility of recalls when analyzing the determinants of unemployment spell durations and the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) on unemployment outcomes in the United States.
Bruce D. Meyer, Lawrence F. Katz
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Migrating to stay or commuting to work? How fairness perceptions and exposure shape attitudes toward labor migration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing literature posits that attitudes toward immigration are shaped by the impact of migrants on native workers' wages and employment, as well as by various other material, cultural, and social concerns. However, empirically disentangling these influences can be challenging.
Lena Maria Schaffer, Gabriele Spilker
wiley   +1 more source

Hartz IV – Welfare to Work in Germany [PDF]

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Workfare, Wohlfahrtstheorie, Arbeitslosigkeit, Arbeitslosenversicherung, Deutschland, Welfare economics, Unemployment, Unemployment insurance ...
Wolfgang Ochel
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Out‐of‐Pocket Costs and Financial Toxicity Associated With the Surgical Management of Oesophageal Cancer

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients undergoing cancer treatment incur significant out‐of‐pocket costs attributed to both medical and non‐medical expenditure. We quantified out‐of‐pocket costs for patients receiving surgical treatment for oesophageal cancer and their financial toxicity.
Josipa Petric   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts: Evidence from Chile [PDF]

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This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program. This is a unique, innovative program that combines social insurance through a solidarity fund (SF) with self-insurance in the form of ...
Reyes Hartley, Gonzalo   +2 more
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