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Unemployment benefits and job match quality
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
reducing their incentive to look for work. This trade-off between benefits and incentives is central to the public debate about …
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Unemployment benefits and job match quality
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) July, pp. 1-10
reducing their incentive to look for work. This trade-off between benefits and incentives is central to the public debate about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884428
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Unemployment benefits and unemployment
Moffitt, Robert A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
recessions. If benefits are too generous, however, the programs can lengthen unemployment and raise the unemployment rate. The …
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Worker displacement in transition economies and in China
Lehmann, Hartmut - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Continuous enterprise restructuring is needed for the transition and emerging market economies to become and remain competitive. However, the beneficial effects of restructuring in the medium run are accompanied by large worker displacement. The costs of displacement can be large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404843
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Should severance pay be consistent for all workers?
Pérez, J. Ignacio García - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
The trend towards labor market flexibility in Europe has typically involved introducing legislation that makes it easier for firms to issue temporary contracts with low firing costs, while not changing the level of protection that is in place for permanent jobs. This has created a strong...
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Should unemployment insurance cover partial unemployment?
Spector, Susanne Ek - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
controversial. On the one hand, such benefits can strengthen incentives to take a part-time job rather than remain fully unemployed …, thus raising the probability of obtaining at least some employment. On the other hand, these benefits weaken incentives for … reasons, are unable to work as much as they would like to. Offering unemployment benefits to part-time unemployed workers is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405025
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Should unemployment insurance cover partial unemployment?
Spector, Susanne Ek - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
controversial. On the one hand, such benefits can strengthen incentives to take a part-time job rather than remain fully unemployed …, thus raising the probability of obtaining at least some employment. On the other hand, these benefits weaken incentives for … reasons, are unable to work as much as they would like to. Offering unemployment benefits to part-time unemployed workers is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266223
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Job search monitoring and assistance for the unemployed
Marinescu, Ioana E. - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
In many countries, reducing unemployment is among the most important policy goals. In this context, monitoring job search by the unemployed and providing job search assistance can play a crucial role. However, more and more stringent monitoring and sanctions are not a panacea. Policymakers must...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745340
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Unemployment benefits and unemployment
Moffitt, Robert A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
recessions. If benefits are too generous, however, the programs can lengthen unemployment and raise the unemployment rate. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884427
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Worker displacement in transition economies and in China
Lehmann, Hartmut - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
Continuous enterprise restructuring is needed for the transition and emerging market economies to become and remain competitive. However, the beneficial effects of restructuring in the medium run are accompanied by large worker displacement. The costs of displacement can be large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764629