Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Van Ours, Jan

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 focus on the recent theoretical and empirical evidence on the labor market effects of UI design. We provide an overview of the design of UI in various countries and we discuss policy issues related to the structure of the UI system, including 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 on UI design.

Citation

Tatsiramos, K., & Van Ours, J. (2014). Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design. Journal of Economic Surveys, 28(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12005

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 23, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Dec 6, 2012
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Aug 17, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 17, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Economic Surveys
• Print ISSN: 0950-0804
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-6419
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12005
• Keywords: Job search; Labor market institutions; Labor market policy; Unemployment dynamics;Unemployment insurance
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/723979
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joes.12005/full
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design / Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Jan C. van Ours. Journal of Economic Surveys, volume 28, issue 2 (April 2014) pp. 284-311, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joes.12005. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.