Welfare, leisure and unemployment

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2020
Volume: 193
Issue: C

Authors (2)

Hall, Axel (not in RePEc) Zoega, Gylfi (Háskóla Íslands)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

We augment the Pissarides (2000) matching model to show that both unemployment benefits and increased bargaining power have the effect of simultaneously reducing employment and increasing the leisure enjoyed by those employed.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:193:y:2020:i:c:s0165176520301865
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29