Journal article
Can welfare abuse be welfare improving?
- Abstract:
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I 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 compa...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Public Economics Journal website
- Volume:
- 141
- Pages:
- 11-28
- Publication date:
- 2016-07-09
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-07-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0047-2727
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1107335
- Local pid:
- pubs:1107335
- Deposit date:
- 2020-08-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier B.V.
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Rights statement:
- © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.07.001
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