Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30518 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2670
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Several European countries have reformed their labor market institutions. Incentive effects of unemployment benefits have been an important aspect of these reforms. We analyze this issue in a principal-agent model, focusing on unemployment levels and labor productivity. In our model, a higher level of unemployment benefits improves the works position in wage bargaining, leading to stronger effort incentives and higher output. However, it also reduces incentives for labor market participation. Accordingly, there is a trade-off. We analyze how changes in the economic environment such as globalization and better educated works affect this trade-off.
Subjects: 
unemployment benefits
incentive contracts
Nash bargaining
moral hazard
globalisation
JEL: 
J65
D82
J41
E24
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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