In: Economics
Regarding the above unemployment insurance system:
a. (5 points) Intuitively explain why full insurance (consumption equalization between employed and unemployed states) is not socially optimal?
b. (5 points) Suppose there is also a group of agents who never lose their jobs and are also forced to be in the unemployment insurance system. Is there a redistributive aspect of such an unemployment insurance system? Explain clearly why or why not.