Unemployment benefits or severance pay? [1]

Do workers prefer receiving unemployment benefits in a lump sum or at regular intervals? Francois Gerard studies this question in Brazil. In this video he discusses the impact of severance pay on consumption and people’s preferences reading the timing of payment.

Video: 
Standfirst: 
What are the trade-offs between unemployment benefits and severance pay?
Date Published: 
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Tags: 
Brazil [2]
workers payoff [3]
jobs [4]
Unemployment insurance [5]
lump sum [6]
timing [7]
Authors: 
francoisgerard [8]
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Topic: 
Labour Markets & Migration [9]
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