Optimal unemployment insurance with heterogeneous agents
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چکیده
The framework of a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model is used to study the optimal design of an unemployment insurance (UI) scheme and preferences for unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and defined replacement ratio UI systems are obtained in simulations. Then, the question whether switching to such an optimal system from the status quo would be approved by a majority of the population is explored. Finally, the transitional dynamics following a policy change are analysed. Accounting for this transition has an important influence on the support for a policy change. r 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL Classification: C61; D58; D78; E24; E61; J64; J65
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