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American Economic Review 1986

Unemployment Insurance and Labor Contracts under Asymmetric Information: Theory and Facts

Andrew J. Oswald

Abstract

The paper provides evidence to show that many U.S. labor contracts havelittle or no private unemployment insurance provision. A model of an optional contract under asymmetric information, with no private unemployment insurance, is presented. Underemployment and involuntaryunemployment may coexist.

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