Can welfare abuse be welfare improving?

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dc.contributor.authorMAZUR, Karol
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-15T14:05:51Z
dc.date.available2017-02-15T14:05:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionReceived 7 January 2015, Revised 29 June 2016, Accepted 1 July 2016, Available online 9 July 2016en
dc.description.abstractI analyze quantitatively a model of labor search with unemployment insurance (UI), savings, voluntary quits and various labor attachment requirements. In particular, I study welfare consequences of a powerful reform giving UI entitlement to workers quitting their jobs voluntarily in order to search for another one. Results of the model calibrated to the US labor market show that there may be significant welfare gains associated with pursuing a generous entitlement policy for quitters as compared to the US status-quo. Moreover, I employ the assumption of monetary search costs and show that it can explain the empirically documented unemployed worker search behavior. Finally, by inducing different unemployment benefit eligibility requirements, the model identifies a concrete policy that could help us understand differences in the unemployment rate, match quality and income inequality between the US and Europe.en
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of public economics, 2016, Vol. 141, pp. 11–28en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.07.001
dc.identifier.endpage28en
dc.identifier.issn0047-2727
dc.identifier.startpage11en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/45326
dc.identifier.volume141en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of public economicsen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.titleCan welfare abuse be welfare improving?en
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