What is the most efficient way to respond to recessions in the labor market? To this question,
policymakers on the two sides of the pond gave diametrically opposed answers during the …

Lump-sum job displacement policies (eg, severance pay) are often presented as a better
alternative to contingent policies (eg, unemployment insurance) in the context of develo** …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between unemployment benefits and
durations of unemployment with respect to different approaches in social policy. The …

In this paper, we exploit the provision of higher UB at different points of the unemployment
spell to shed light on the relative cost of insurance at different horizons after the job loss …

This paper provides a sufficient statistics framework to study the design of optimal targeted
social insurance in the presence of manipulation opportunities, through which individuals …

In this paper we study the selection patterns of individuals who manage to have their layoff
delayed around an age-at-layoff threshold entitling them to four additional months of …

There is extensive literature on the effects of a change in the Potential Benefit Duration of
unemployment benefits. However, little is known about how this affects workers with …

We study the short-and medium-run employment responses to the withdrawals of two
programs that expanded the coverage and generosity of unemployment benefits in the US …

This thesis consists of three chapters, all of which make extensive use of Italian
administrative data. The first chapter studies strategic delays in the timing of layoffs around …

Extended Abstract Job loss is an event that severely impacts consumption and many other
aspects of households' lives. To insure against such a negative shock, most modern …