Unemployment Benefit Systems in Europe and North America
Author: Florence Lefresne
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9782874521614
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A European Unemployment Benefit Scheme
Author: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Publisher: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
Published: 2014-03-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 3867936005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe recent euro crisis and the dramatic increase of unemployment in some euro countries have triggered a renewed interest in a fiscal capacity for the European Union to stabilize the economy of its member states. One of the proposed instruments is a common European unemployment insurance. In this book Sebastian Dullien from the HTW Berlin provides and evaluates a blueprint for such a scheme. Building on lessons from the unemployment insurance in the United States of America, he outlines how a European unemployment benefit scheme could be constructed to provide significant stabilization to national business cycles, yet without strongly extending social protection in Europe. Macroeconomic stabilization effects and payment flows between countries are simulated and options, potential pitfalls and existing concerns discussed.
Minimum Income Schemes in Europe
Author: International Labour Organisation
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9789221148395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book investigates the paradox of rich countries of Western Europe, who have high levels of poverty whilst proclaiming its eradication as one of the primary social and economic goals. It looks at how policies often do not achieve their goals, why countries need mechanisms to reduce wage inequality and why they choose to provide universal benefits instead of systems of selective benefits targeted at the poor. Along with cross-countries comparisons, the volume also presents analysis of the minimum income in France, Portugal, Italy, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, and Greece.
A European Unemployment Benefit Scheme
Author: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Publisher: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
Published: 2014-03-01
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 3867936013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe recent euro crisis and the dramatic increase of unemployment in some euro countries have triggered a renewed interest in a fiscal capacity for the European Union to stabilize the economy of its member states. One of the proposed instruments is a common European unemployment insurance. In this book Sebastian Dullien from the HTW Berlin provides and evaluates a blueprint for such a scheme. Building on lessons from the unemployment insurance in the United States of America, he outlines how a European unemployment benefit scheme could be constructed to provide significant stabilization to national business cycles, yet without strongly extending social protection in Europe. Macroeconomic stabilization effects and payment flows between countries are simulated and options, potential pitfalls and existing concerns discussed.
The Causes and Consequences of Long-term Unemployment in Europe
Author: Stephen Machin
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigning Labor Market Institutions in Emerging and Developing Economies
Author: Mr.Romain A Duval
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2019-05-21
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13: 1498313264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper discusses theoretical aspects and evidences related to designing labor market institutions in emerging market and developing economies. This note reviews the state of theory and evidence on the design of labor market institutions in a developing economy context and then reviews its consistency with actual labor market advice in a selected set of emerging and developing economies. The focus is mainly on three broad sets of institutions that matter for both workers’ protection and labor market efficiency: employment protection, unemployment insurance and social assistance, minimum wages and collective bargaining. Text mining techniques are used to identify IMF recommendations in these areas in Article IV Reports for 30 emerging and frontier economies over 2005–2016. This note has provided a critical review of the literature on the design of labor market institutions in emerging and developing market economies, and benchmarked the advice featured in IMF recommendations for 30 emerging market and frontier economies against the tentative conclusions from the literature.
Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 1)
Author: Jean-Michel Lafleur
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-10-30
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 303051241X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis first open access book in a series of three volumes provides an in-depth analysis of social protection policies that EU Member States make accessible to resident nationals, non-resident nationals and non-national residents. In doing so, it discusses different scenarios in which the interplay between nationality and residence could lead to inequalities of access to welfare. Each chapter maps the eligibility conditions for accessing social benefits, by paying particular attention to the social entitlements that migrants can claim in host countries and/or export from home countries. The book also identifies and compares recent trends of access to welfare entitlements across five policy areas: health care, unemployment, family benefits, pensions, and guaranteed minimum resources. As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO’s.
Unemployment Insurance in the United States
Author: Christopher J. O'Leary
Publisher: W. E. Upjohn Institute
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 792
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the unemployment insurance system in which programmes are operated by each state within the minimum standards established by the federal government.
European Social Fund
Author: European Commission
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13:
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Guaranteed Minimum Income Schemes in Europe: Landscape and Design
Author: Mr. David Coady
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2021-07-02
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1513584375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper provides an overview of the design of means-tested Guaranteed Minimum Income schemes, which constitute an important component of social protection systems in European countries. It discusses how key design features differ across countries, including how countries balance the primary objective of poverty alleviation against the desire to both manage the work disincentives inherent in such programs and contain fiscal cost. The analysis finds a clear trade-off between both concerns in practice, with many countries combining low generosity with low benefit withdrawal rates (BWRs) thus prioritizing employment incentives over the primary objective of poverty alleviation. Many countries can reduce this trade off by combining higher generosity with higher BWRs. Countries with very high BWRs should consider reducing these, including through allowing income disregards and time dependent (rather than income-dependent) benefit withdrawal. The work disincentives associated with higher BWRs can also be attenuated through strengthening complementary activation policies that incentivize and support participation in the labor market.
