Rising UI benefits over time

Tomer Blumkin; Efraim Sadka

doi:10.1007/s10797-009-9125-0

Rising UI benefits over time

Tomer Blumkin, Efraim Sadka

Department of Economics

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Abstract

We re-examine a key result in the optimal UI literature that benefits should decline over time. We show that when the population is heterogeneous, Pareto-efficiency may call for multiple payment schedules, some with benefits that fall over time and some with benefits that rise over time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	501-517
Number of pages	17
Journal	International Tax and Public Finance
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-009-9125-0
State	Published - 1 Jan 2010

Keywords

Inequality
Optimal taxation
Re-distribution
Unemployment insurance

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Accounting
Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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