This paper assesses the effects of the Colombian Unemployment Subsidy (US), which includes benefits as well as training … their unemployment rates. The study also finds a small though statistically significant positive effect on beneficiaries …

Unemployment benefit systems are nonexistent in many developing economies. Introducing such systems poses many … consequences on the labor market of implementing an unemployment benefit system in economies with large informal sectors and high … the model for Mexico, and show that the introduction of an unemployment benefit system, where workers contribute when …

-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment protection for informal workers through transfers …, which are conditional on participation in training programs. We study how changes in unemployment benefits (UB) for … increasing training UB reduces unprotected unemployment and improves labor market outcomes through higher formal salaried …