Spinnewijn, Johannes (2020) The trade-off between insurance and incentives in differentiated unemployment policies. Fiscal Studies, 41 (1). 101 - 127. ISSN 0143-5671
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Abstract
In this paper, I revisit the central trade-off between insurance and incentives in the design of unemployment insurance policies. The generosity of unemployment insurance benefits differs not only across countries, but also across workers within countries. After illustrating some important dimensions of heterogeneity in a cross-country analysis, I extend the standard Baily–Chetty formula to identify the key empirical moments and elasticities required to evaluate the differentiated unemployment policy within a country. I also review some prior work and aim to provide guidance for future work trying to inform the design of unemployment policies.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14755890 |
Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author |
Divisions: | Economics |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
JEL classification: | H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H20 - General J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2020 14:18 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2024 14:18 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104718 |
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