3. Many countries (including the US) have unemployment insurance which is aimed to secure the risk of negative income shock once becoming unemployed. What are the possible ex-ante and ex-post moral hazard that may be associated with this insurance, and what can the policy maker do to mitigate them (the moral hazard problems)?
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