In reforming unemployment benefit systems, the policy debate should be on the appropriate level of benefits, the … subsidies needed for people who cannot contribute enough, and how to finance the subsidies, rather than on whether unemployment … insurance or individual unemployment savings accounts are better. Unemployment insurance finances subsidies through implicit …

and Demographic Employment Patterns -- Equilibrium Unemployment and the Duration of Unemployment Benefits -- Social … Unemployment in Europe? Concepts and Measurement in the European Community Household Panel -- Workers and Labour Market Outcomes of …