Unemployment Insurance and Employment
研究失业保险如何影响劳动力在不同行业间的分配，发现稳定行业补贴波动行业，导致就业从服务业转向建筑业，并使失业率上升约5%。
This article examines the impact of unemployment insurance on the allocation of labor across industries. An overlooked aspect of unemployment insurance is the effect of imperfect experience rating on hiring. Firms in more stable industries generally pay more into the unemployment insurance system than their workers ever receive in benefits, thus subsidizing more volatile industries. The results indicate that industry employment shares are significantly affected by unemployment insurance and that there is a net shift of resources from the service industry to the construction industry. The estimates also imply that layoff unemployment is increased by about 5 percent because of unemployment-insurance-induced employment shifts. Copyright 1991 by University of Chicago Press.