A key question in labor market research is how the unemployment insurance system affects
unemployment rates and labor market dynamics. We provide new answers to this old …

This paper obtains comparable estimates of the effect of unemployment insurance (UI)
benefits on labor supply throughout the unemployment spell and over the business cycle …

We leverage thresholds in Poland that quasi-randomly determine benefit generosity and
duration and report several findings. First, the distortionary effects of benefit duration and …

I investigate whether the effects of UI extensions are different for workers exposed to higher
levels of local labor market concentration, a potential source of employer market power. I …

This literature review examines evidence about the effectiveness of policies that aim to
enhance the resilience of economic systems to some shocks or trends to which New …

We evaluate the effect of a drastic cut in potential benefit duration, reducing the maximum
length of UI benefits from 9 to 3 months in Hungary at the end of 2011. We rely on rich …

This paper examines the labor market impact of unemployment insurance (UI), with a
particular emphasis on firm layoff behavior. I begin by providing empirical evidence that UI …

We evaluate the effect of a drastic cut in potential benefit duration, reducing the maximum
length of UI benefits from 9 to 3 months in Hungary at the end of 2011. We rely on rich …

This dissertation consists of three essays that address important questions within the fields
of labor economics and public economics. I use advanced empirical methods and a …

The effect of generous unemployment benefits on the propensity of individuals to stay on
unemployment was hotly debated during the COVID pandemic. This paper examines the …