Bismarck versus Beveridge: Which Unemployment Compensation System is more Prone to Labor Market Shocks?

Thomas Beissinger () and Oliver Büsse

FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 2001, vol. 58, issue 1, 78-102

Abstract: Based on a model with imperfectly competitive labor and product markets the real consequences of labor market shocks for economies with either an earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive feature of the analysis is the comparison of both unemployment compensation systems in a two-country setting. It is demonstrated that the performance of a system with earnings-related or flat-rate unemployment benefits depends on whether the labor market shock is provoked in the home country or originates from abroad. We also point out how our results extend to two-tier unemployment compensation systems which differ with respect to the relative importance of earnings-related and flat-rate benefits.

JEL-codes: E24 F41 J23 J51 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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