Essays on Labor Market Frictions and Institutions
2016-06
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Essays on Labor Market Frictions and Institutions
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The U.S. government makes unemployment insurance (UI) more generous during recessions. In this thesis I study the interaction between unemployment insurance policies and labor market dynamics in a macroeconomic context. The first chapter examines government commitment and its role in shaping the dynamics of optimal UI over the business cycle. The second chapter proposes a quantitative theory featuring time-consistent policy to rationalize the increased generosity of UI benefit duration during recessions. The final chapter explores the link between allowing unemployed workers to keep uncollected UI benefits and future job-search incentives.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. June 2016. Major: Economics. Advisors: Christopher Phelan, Victor Rios-Rull. 1 computer file (PDF); xi, 142 pages.
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Xie, Leiyu. (2016). Essays on Labor Market Frictions and Institutions. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/182233.
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