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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Shimer and Werning 2007: Reservation-Wage Formula<br />

Implement formula using estimates of d ¯w 0<br />

db<br />

Poterba (1984)<br />

reported by Feldstein and<br />

Find gains from raising UI benefits 5 times larger than Chetty (2008)<br />

But reservation wage elasticity estimates questionable<br />

Do greater benefits → longer durations → better outcomes later on?<br />

No.<br />

Ex: evidence from Austrian discontinuity (Card, Chetty, Weber 2007)<br />

Note: all the formulas above take such match quality gains into<br />

account via envelope conditions<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 103 / 207

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