Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21249 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 389
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In dynamic wage bargaining models it is usually assumed that individual unemployment benefits are a fraction of the average wage level. In most countries, however, unemployment benefits are instead tied to the previous level of individually earned wages. We show how the analysis has to be modified if this fact is taken into account and compare our findings for the wage-setting curve with outcomes under other unemployment compensation schemes. In particular, we show that the widely used vertical wage-setting curve relies on more restrictive assumptions than usually considered. We also demonstrate that a reduction of unemployment benefits of those who get unemployed after the bargaining period leads to higher equilibrium unemployment.
Subjects: 
Dynamic wage bargaining
wage curve
unemployment benefits
JEL: 
J51
J64
E24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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