The Determination of Unemployment Benefits

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The Determination of Unemployment Benefits

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Di Tella, R.
MacCulloch, R.

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We present a simple model where unemployment benefits are determined in an economy in which there is endogenous delay in finding a job so that workers desire insurance against the possibility of unemployment.

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Paper provided by University of Oxford, Department of Economics in its series Economics Series Working Papers with number 99180.

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Date of creation: 1996
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- Rafael Di Tella & Robert J. MacCulloch, 2002. "The Determination of Unemployment Benefits," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 20(2), pages 404-403, Part. [Downloadable!]

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J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
J69 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Other

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