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Optimal unemployment insurance [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 1995 Abstract We investigate the design of an optimal unemployment insurance program using an equilibrium search model calibrated using data from the reemployment bonus experiments. There are three main conclusions. First, insurance considerations suggest that the potential duration of Ul benefits would be unlimited under an optimal program.
Carl Davidson, Stephen A. Woodbury
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Racial Inequality in Unemployment Insurance Receipt and Take-Up
Social Science Research Network, 2021 This paper studies differences in receipt and take-up of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits among white and Black individuals. We combine state-level UI regulations with data containing detailed information on individuals’ work history and UI receipt ...
Elira Kuka, B. Stuart
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Unemployment Insurance Fraud [PDF]
Economic Synopses, 2012 Concealed Earnings fraud accounts for almost two-thirds of the total overpayments due to all fraud.
David L. Fuller +2 more
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Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021 This paper considers fiscal policy during the pandemic through the lens of optimal social insurance. We develop a simple framework to analyze how government taxes and transfers could mimic the insurance that people would like to have had against pandemic
Christina D. Romer, D. Romer
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Managing Global Transitions, 2022 The paper deals with the suitability of the introduction of unemployment reinsurance in the countries of the European Union (URS EU) in terms of maintaining the level of consumption of the unemployed and promoting economic efficiency.
Aleš Trunk, Igor Stubelj
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance [PDF]
Journal of Political Economy, 1997 This paper considers the design of an optimal unemployment insurance system. The problem is modeled as a repeated principalagent problem involving a risk‐averse agent‐the unemployed worker‐and a risk‐neutral principal, which cannot monitor the agent's search effort.
Hopenhayn, Hugo A, Nicolini, Juan Pablo
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020 The Swedish public unemployment insurance program is characterized by its governance structure involving union-linked insurance funds, famously known as the Ghent system. This paper argues that the unions’ strongly entrenched interest in the provision of
Jayeon Lindellee
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Equilibrium Unemployment Insurance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003 In this paper, we incorporate a positive theory of unemployment insurance into a dynamic overlapping generations model with search-matching frictions and on-the-job learning-by-doing. The model shows that societies populated by identical rational agents, but differing in the initial distribution of human capital across agents, may ...
Hassler, John +3 more
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Is Property an Insurance or an Additional Burden? Financial Stress Among Homeowners in Europe
Social Inclusion, 2023 A crucial function of wealth is to protect individuals from the consequences of adverse life events. However, sometimes wealth also implies additional financial risks. In addition to the insurance function of homeownership (the most common form of wealth)
Martin Heidenreich, Sven Broschinski
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Research on the Coverage Expansion and Optimization Strategy of Unemployment Insurance System Based on the Comparison between China and Britain [PDF]
SHS Web of ConferencesA multi-level social security system is being proposed by the Chinese government, and all social insurance systems must meet the requirements of universality and ensure full coverage.
Xiao Ruolan
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