Econ 309: Unemployment Insurance

Who is about to lose unemployment insurance benefits? (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 12, 2010)

Unemployment insurance might not create as much Moral Hazard as I had thought. (The New Republic, July 2, 2010)

Moral hazard: Loss of unemployment insurance may cause older workers to go on disability. (Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2010)

There is private unemployment insurance...but there are problems there.

What happens after your extended unemployment benefits run out? You are screwed. (New York Times, August 3, 2010)

Denmark: You think a 70% wage replacement rate might lead to some moral hazard? (New York Times, August 16, 2010)

Robert Barro thinks that the increase in unemployment insurance availability during the Great Recession is causing much higher unemployment. (Wall Street Journal, August 30, 2010)