Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437943624
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Economic Impact of Recent Temporary Unemployment Insurance Extensions
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437943624
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437943624
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Optimal Unemployment Insurance
Author: Andreas Pollak
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 9783161493041
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Designing a good unemployment insurance scheme is a delicate matter. In a system with no or little insurance, households may be subject to a high income risk, whereas excessively generous unemployment insurance systems are known to lead to high unemployment rates and are costly both from a fiscal perspective and for society as a whole. Andreas Pollak investigates what an optimal unemployment insurance system would look like, i.e. a system that constitutes the best possible compromise between income security and incentives to work. Using theoretical economic models and complex numerical simulations, he studies the effects of benefit levels and payment durations on unemployment and welfare. As the models allow for considerable heterogeneity of households, including a history-dependent labor productivity, it is possible to analyze how certain policies affect individuals in a specific age, wealth or skill group. The most important aspect of an unemployment insurance system turns out to be the benefits paid to the long-term unemployed. If this parameter is chosen too high, a large number of households may get caught in a long spell of unemployment with little chance of finding work again. Based on the predictions in these models, the so-called "Hartz IV" labor market reform recently adopted in Germany should have highly favorable effects on the unemployment rates and welfare in the long run.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 9783161493041
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Designing a good unemployment insurance scheme is a delicate matter. In a system with no or little insurance, households may be subject to a high income risk, whereas excessively generous unemployment insurance systems are known to lead to high unemployment rates and are costly both from a fiscal perspective and for society as a whole. Andreas Pollak investigates what an optimal unemployment insurance system would look like, i.e. a system that constitutes the best possible compromise between income security and incentives to work. Using theoretical economic models and complex numerical simulations, he studies the effects of benefit levels and payment durations on unemployment and welfare. As the models allow for considerable heterogeneity of households, including a history-dependent labor productivity, it is possible to analyze how certain policies affect individuals in a specific age, wealth or skill group. The most important aspect of an unemployment insurance system turns out to be the benefits paid to the long-term unemployed. If this parameter is chosen too high, a large number of households may get caught in a long spell of unemployment with little chance of finding work again. Based on the predictions in these models, the so-called "Hartz IV" labor market reform recently adopted in Germany should have highly favorable effects on the unemployment rates and welfare in the long run.
Unemployment Insurance Reform
Author: David E. Balducchi
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN: 0880996528
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI system has been ignored by policymakers for decades and, say the authors, it is broken, out of date, and badly in need of repair. Stephen A. Wandner pulls together a group of UI researchers, each with decades of experience, who describe the weaknesses in the current system and propose policy reforms that they say would modernize the system and prepare us for the next recession.
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN: 0880996528
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI system has been ignored by policymakers for decades and, say the authors, it is broken, out of date, and badly in need of repair. Stephen A. Wandner pulls together a group of UI researchers, each with decades of experience, who describe the weaknesses in the current system and propose policy reforms that they say would modernize the system and prepare us for the next recession.
Supply and Demand Effects of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Extensions: Evidence from U.S. Counties
Author: Klaus-Peter Hellwig
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1513572687
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
I use three decades of county-level data to estimate the effects of federal unemployment benefit extensions on economic activity. To overcome the reverse causality coming from the fact that benefit extensions are a function of state unemployment rates, I only use the within-state variation in outcomes to identify treatment effects. Identification rests on a differences-in-differences approach which exploits heterogeneity in county exposure to policy changes. To distinguish demand and supply-side channels, I estimate the model separately for tradable and non-tradable sectors. Finally I use benefit extensions as an instrument to estimate local fiscal multipliers of unemployment benefit transfers. I find (i) that the overall impact of benefit extensions on activity is positive, pointing to strong demand effects; (ii) that, even in tradable sectors, there are no negative supply-side effects from work disincentives; and (iii) a fiscal multiplier estimate of 1.92, similar to estimates in the literature for other types of spending.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1513572687
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
I use three decades of county-level data to estimate the effects of federal unemployment benefit extensions on economic activity. To overcome the reverse causality coming from the fact that benefit extensions are a function of state unemployment rates, I only use the within-state variation in outcomes to identify treatment effects. Identification rests on a differences-in-differences approach which exploits heterogeneity in county exposure to policy changes. To distinguish demand and supply-side channels, I estimate the model separately for tradable and non-tradable sectors. Finally I use benefit extensions as an instrument to estimate local fiscal multipliers of unemployment benefit transfers. I find (i) that the overall impact of benefit extensions on activity is positive, pointing to strong demand effects; (ii) that, even in tradable sectors, there are no negative supply-side effects from work disincentives; and (iii) a fiscal multiplier estimate of 1.92, similar to estimates in the literature for other types of spending.
How the Government Measures Unemployment
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Reducing Foreclosures
Author: Christopher Foote
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437928773
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Takes a skeptical look at a leading argument about what is causing the foreclosure crisis and what should be done to stop it. The authors focus on two key decisions: the borrower's choice to default on a mortgage and the lender's subsequent choice whether to renegotiate or modify the loan. Unaffordable loans, defined as those with high mortgage payments relative to income at origination, are unlikely to be the main reason that borrowers decide to default. The efficiency of foreclosure for investors is a more plausible explanation for the low number of modifications to date. Policies designed to reduce foreclosures should focus on ameliorating the effects of job loss rather than modifying loans to make them more affordable on a long-term basis. Illustrations.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437928773
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Takes a skeptical look at a leading argument about what is causing the foreclosure crisis and what should be done to stop it. The authors focus on two key decisions: the borrower's choice to default on a mortgage and the lender's subsequent choice whether to renegotiate or modify the loan. Unaffordable loans, defined as those with high mortgage payments relative to income at origination, are unlikely to be the main reason that borrowers decide to default. The efficiency of foreclosure for investors is a more plausible explanation for the low number of modifications to date. Policies designed to reduce foreclosures should focus on ameliorating the effects of job loss rather than modifying loans to make them more affordable on a long-term basis. Illustrations.
Federal Supplemental Compensation Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Supplemental unemployment benefits
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Supplemental unemployment benefits
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Programs in Brief
Author: United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Descriptions of many SAMSHA's major grants and contract programs funded in 2007.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Descriptions of many SAMSHA's major grants and contract programs funded in 2007.
Designing Labor Market Institutions in Emerging and Developing Economies
Author: Mr.Romain A Duval
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1498313264
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
This paper discusses theoretical aspects and evidences related to designing labor market institutions in emerging market and developing economies. This note reviews the state of theory and evidence on the design of labor market institutions in a developing economy context and then reviews its consistency with actual labor market advice in a selected set of emerging and developing economies. The focus is mainly on three broad sets of institutions that matter for both workers’ protection and labor market efficiency: employment protection, unemployment insurance and social assistance, minimum wages and collective bargaining. Text mining techniques are used to identify IMF recommendations in these areas in Article IV Reports for 30 emerging and frontier economies over 2005–2016. This note has provided a critical review of the literature on the design of labor market institutions in emerging and developing market economies, and benchmarked the advice featured in IMF recommendations for 30 emerging market and frontier economies against the tentative conclusions from the literature.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1498313264
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
This paper discusses theoretical aspects and evidences related to designing labor market institutions in emerging market and developing economies. This note reviews the state of theory and evidence on the design of labor market institutions in a developing economy context and then reviews its consistency with actual labor market advice in a selected set of emerging and developing economies. The focus is mainly on three broad sets of institutions that matter for both workers’ protection and labor market efficiency: employment protection, unemployment insurance and social assistance, minimum wages and collective bargaining. Text mining techniques are used to identify IMF recommendations in these areas in Article IV Reports for 30 emerging and frontier economies over 2005–2016. This note has provided a critical review of the literature on the design of labor market institutions in emerging and developing market economies, and benchmarked the advice featured in IMF recommendations for 30 emerging market and frontier economies against the tentative conclusions from the literature.
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Fall 2011
Author: Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy David H Romer
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815723717
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
"Brookings Papers on Economic Activity" (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents include - Recessions and the Costs of Job Loss Steve Davis (University of Chicago) and Til von Wachter (Columbia University) - What Do Small Businesses Do? Erik Hurst and Benjamin Wild Pugsley (University of Chicago) - Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession Jesse Rothstein (University of California-Berkeley) - The Effects of Quantitative Easing on Interest Rates: Channels and Implications for Policy Arvind Krishnamurthy and Annette Vissing-Jorgenson (Northwestern University) - Practical Monetary Policy: Examples from Sweden and the United States Lars E. O. Svensson (Sveriges Riksbank) - The Labor Market in the Great Recession--An Update to September 2011 Michael. W. L. Elsby (University of Edinburgh), Bart Hobijn (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Ay egul ahin (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), and Robert B. Valletta (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) - The Income- and Expenditure-Side Estimates of U.S. Output Growth--An Update to 2011Q2 Jeremy J. Nalewaik (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)"
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815723717
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
"Brookings Papers on Economic Activity" (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents include - Recessions and the Costs of Job Loss Steve Davis (University of Chicago) and Til von Wachter (Columbia University) - What Do Small Businesses Do? Erik Hurst and Benjamin Wild Pugsley (University of Chicago) - Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession Jesse Rothstein (University of California-Berkeley) - The Effects of Quantitative Easing on Interest Rates: Channels and Implications for Policy Arvind Krishnamurthy and Annette Vissing-Jorgenson (Northwestern University) - Practical Monetary Policy: Examples from Sweden and the United States Lars E. O. Svensson (Sveriges Riksbank) - The Labor Market in the Great Recession--An Update to September 2011 Michael. W. L. Elsby (University of Edinburgh), Bart Hobijn (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Ay egul ahin (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), and Robert B. Valletta (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) - The Income- and Expenditure-Side Estimates of U.S. Output Growth--An Update to 2011Q2 Jeremy J. Nalewaik (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)"