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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Optimal Insurance in Behavioral Models<br />

We do not have a model consistent with the data that can explain<br />

both savings behavior pre-unemployment and search behavior<br />

post-unemployment<br />

Evidence that unemployment is indeed costly and benefits can improve<br />

welfare a lot for certain liquidity-constrained groups<br />

Simple rational model cannot rationalize level of savings that people<br />

have when they get unemployed<br />

Interesting direction for future research: optimal SI with behavioral<br />

considerations (see e.g., Spinnewijn 2009)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 131 / 207

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