Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design

K. Tatsiramos; J.C. van Ours

doi:10.1111/joes.12005

Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design

K. Tatsiramos, J.C. van Ours

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Abstract

With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate. In this paper, we review the recent theoretical and empirical evidence on the labor market effects of UI design. We also discuss policy issues related to UI design, including the structure of benefits, the role of liquidity constraints and the pros and cons of a UI system in which the generosity of UI benefits is varying over the business cycle. Finally, we identify potential areas of future research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	284-311
Journal	Journal of Economic Surveys
Volume	28
Issue number	2
Early online date	6 Dec 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12005
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014

Keywords

job search
labor market institutions
labor market policy
unemployment dynamics
unemployment insurance

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