Unemployment Subsidies as a Coordination Device When Different Jobsearch Methods Exist

Le rôle des allocations chômage en présence de différentes méthodes de recherche d'emploi

Pierre Cahuc and Francois Fontaine

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Abstract: In this paper, we provide a simple matching model with different search methods. We show that the individuals can choose the inefficient one. In the presence of different methods of search, unemployment benefits hikes can be used as a coordination device to improve welfare and decrease the unemployment rate.

Keywords: Opposition chômeurs travailleurs; Allocations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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Published in Revue Economique, 2004, 55 (3), pp.591-600. ⟨10.3917/reco.553.0591⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/reco.553.0591

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