TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
AU  - Ours, Jan C. van
        TI  - Labor Market Effects of Unemployment Insurance Design
        PY  - 2012/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6950
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6950
        AB  - With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate. In this paper, we review the recent theoretical and empirical evidence on the labor market effects of UI design. We also discuss policy issues related to UI design, including the structure of benefits, the role of liquidity constraints and 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.
        KW  - unemployment dynamics
KW  - labor market institutions
KW  - labor market policy
KW  - job search
KW  - unemployment insurance
        ER  -