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Social and Occupational Security andLabour Market Flexibility in Sweden:The Case of Unemployment Compensation
Lindquist, Gabriella Sjögren; Wadensjö, Eskil - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The Swedish labour market and social policy is aimed at facilitating flexibility in the labourmarket. The active labour market policy and the design of the social security pension systemare two frequently mentioned examples of that policy...
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Unemployment Assistance and Transition to Employment in Argentina
Iturriza, Ana; Bedi, Arjun S.; Sparrow, Robert - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
´s institutional response to the increase in unemployment and poverty triggered by the crisis. The program provided a social safety net …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859542
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How Do Different Entitlements to UnemploymentBenefits Affect the Transitions from Unemploymentinto Employment?
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
In Portugal duration of benefits is exclusively age determined while replacement rates are toall intents and purposes uniform. We exploit differences in potential maximum duration ofbenefits for nearly matched pairs of individuals who differ in age by one year and in potentialmaximum duration of...
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Modelling the Time onUnemployment Insurance Benefits
Bijwaard, Govert E. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
A duration model based on the time on Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits instead of amodel based on the time till re …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862577
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The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion: Leaving theUnemployment System or Starting a New Job?
Card, David; Chetty, Raj; Weber, Andrea - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
In this paper, we review the literature on the “spike” in unemployment exit rates aroundbenefit exhaustion, and present … new evidence based on administrative data for a largesample of job losers in Austria. We find that the way unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863259
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Unemployment Benefits or Taxes:How Should Policy Makers Redistribute Incomeover the Business Cycle?
Ek, Susanne - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
This paper studies optimal unemployment benefit levels and optimal proportional income taxrates over the business cycle … unemployment. An alternative way to redistribute income is to vary tax rates overthe business cycle. In this paper, we develop an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486967
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Do Unemployment Benefits Increase Unemployment? New Evidence on an Old Question
Fredriksson, Peter; Söderström, Martin - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We examine the relationship between unemployment benefits and unemployment using Swedish regional data. To estimate the … effect of an increase in unemployment insurance (UI) on unemployment we exploit the ceiling on UI benefits. The benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859574
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Contingent, Temporary Unemployment Insurance´sImpacts on Employment and Unemployment Durations
Shen, Kailing - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper studies contingent, temporary unemployment insurance (UI) coverag´s impactson employment and unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862336
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Unemployment Insurance in Welfare States:Soft Constraints and Mild Sanctions
Røed, Knut; Westlie, Lars - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Based on a sequence of reforms in the Norwegian unemployment insurance (UI) system, weshow that activity-oriented UI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862596
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Selective Hiring and Welfare Analysis in Labor Market Models
Merkl, Christian; Rens, Thijs van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
positivepredictions of the model change very little, but the welfare costs of unemployment are muchlarger because unemployment risk is … distributed unequally across workers. As a result,optimal unemployment insurance may be higher and welfare is lower if hiring is …
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