Optimal state-contingent unemployment insurance

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 98
Issue: 3
Pages: 348-357

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Since the probability of finding a job is affected not only by individual effort but also by the aggregate state of the economy, designing unemployment insurance schemes conditional on the business cycles could be valuable. This paper answers a fundamental question related to this issue: How should the payments vary with the aggregate state of the economy?

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:98:y:2008:i:3:p:348-357
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29