Robin Jessen is head of the research group "Microstructure of Taxes and Transfers" and researcher at the Department of Macroeconomics and Public Finance at RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Berlin. He is also a research affiliate at IZA – Institute of Labor Economics. He completed his PhD. in Economics at Freie Universität Berlin. His research focuses on public economics, labor economics, and macroeconomics.

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Rethinking unemployment insurance: New evidence on hidden costs

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