Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/222156 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Policy [ISSN:] 2193-9004 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 9 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1-11
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Individual unemployment accounts (IUAs) attenuate the moral hazard attached to unemployment insurance. However, the available literature provides no policy recommendation about what percentage of the contributions should go to IUAs. We propose criteria of actuarial neutrality and use a simple job search model to argue that a sizable proportion of the contributions could go to IUAs without changing benefits and contribution rates, and therefore not negatively affecting well-being. We derive this result from a model, first, and then use simulations to show that it also holds in more realistic settings and different labor market dynamics.
Subjects: 
Social security
Unemployment insurance
Unemployment accounts
Moral hazard
JEL: 
J64
J65
H21
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Document Type: 
Article

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