Modelling Unemployment Insurance

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The starting points.- Chapter 3. The optimal level of unemployment insurance.- Chapter 4. The optimal time profile of UI policy.- Chapter 5. Unemployment insurance over the business cycles.- Chapter 6. Some further notes on the role of a UI system.- Chapter 7. Conclusions.

Paola Potestio is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Rome III (Italy). Between 1994-2016 she was a full professor of economics at the University of Rome III. Previously, she has taught at the University of Chieti (full professor at the Faculty of Economics from 1990 to 1993), the University of  Roma "La Sapienza" (associate professor at the Faculty of Statistics from 1982 to 1989), and LUISS University in Rome (lecturer at the Faculty of Economics from 1992 to 1998). Potestio served as dean of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Rome III from 1998 to 2008. She was a member of the board of the Italian Society of Economists from 2001 to 2004. She was then elected vice-president of the Italian Society of Economists for the 2007-2010 term. Since October 2010 she has been a member of the Board of Arbitration of the Italian Society of Economists. Her research mainly focusses on a wide range of theoretical issues, including the classical theory ofvalue and distribution, the linear theory of production, the Walrasian models of general equilibrium, capital theory and the critiques of the neoclassical capital theory, employment theory and the unemployment equilibrium and employment protection models. Most recently, she conducted research on unemployment insurance issues and the associated theoretical aspects. In applied economics, she has worked on a wide range of issues in labor economics, and her recent interest has focused on the relationships between educational attainment and employment.