Using the 2004 income survey of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office we consider the targeting of two types of unemployment-related benefits: a) unemployment insurance and re-training benefits and b) the unemloyment assistance (UA). The evidence suggests that unemployment-related benefits...

Using the 2004 income survey of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office we consider the targeting of two types of unemployment-related benefits: a) unemployment insurance and re-training benefits and b) the unemloyment assistance (UA). The evidence suggests that unemployment-related benefits...

In this study we explore the job search behavior of the unemployed using 16 waves of Labor Force Survey between 2010 and 2013. According to our results if unemployed individual was previously public workers, then it increases the likelihood that he search for a job through public employment...

In this study we explore the job search behavior of the unemployed using 16 waves of Labor Force Survey between 2010 and 2013. According to our results if unemployed individual was previously public workers, then it increases the likelihood that he search for a job through public employment...

Att ersättningsgraden i arbetslöshetsförsäkringen kan ha viss effekt på arbetslösheten är knappast ifrågasatt. Diskussionen i forskningen gäller mest hur stor den effekten kan tänkas vara i praktiken. Det statliga Institutet för Arbetsmarknadspolitisk Utvärdering (IFAU) publicerade i...

Ersättningsgraden i arbetslöshetsförsäkringen har förändrats flera gånger under 1990-talet. 1996 års sänkning från 80 till 75 procent ledde till en tioprocentig ökning av övergångarna till arbete enligt det statliga Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU). I vår...

The main objective of this article is to analyse the institutional framework of labour market function. Theoretical literature has created a set of institutional aspects such as employment protection legislation, structure of wage bargaining, taxation of labour, active labour market policies,...