Provisions of the welfare state: employment protection versus unemployment insurance

Employment protection and unemployment benefits are considered as the most prominent insurance devices for workers to protect themselves against the risk of unemployment. It occurs that societies either choose a high level of employment protection relative to unemployment benefits or vice versa. This paper explains where countries locate on this trade-off.

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Year of publication:	2007-05
Authors:	Neugart, Michael
Institutions:	Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Subject:	employment protection \| unemployment benefits \| tradeoff \| flexicurity \| probabilistic voting model \| Neugart

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	European Economy - Economic Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 279 23 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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