In the One-Sided Search Model, the Welfare of an Unemployed

question 29

Multiple Choice

In the one-sided search model, the welfare of an unemployed worker

• A) is independent of employment insurance benefits.
• B) increases with the size of the employment insurance benefit.
• C) decreases as market wages increase.
• D) depends only on government intervention in labour markets.
• E) is irrelevant.

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