We present a proposal for reforming unemployment assistance in Germany through the introduction of unemployment … accounts (UAs). Instead of paying taxes that finance the unemployment assistance, employed people make ongoing contributions to … their UAs and can make withdrawals from these accounts during periods of unemployment. The aim of this policy proposal is to …

groups. If the rate of job destruction is sufficiently low, the unemployment rates can get close to steady-state values … during the transition. Within the realm of feasible scenarios unemployment differentials are basically determined by the … unemployment benefits and provision of direct support to the employers of low-productivity workers. -- Unemployment Models …

We present a proposal for reforming unemployment assistance in Germany through the introduction of unemployment … accounts (UAs). Instead of paying taxes that finance the unemployment assistance, employed people make ongoing contributions to … their UAs and can make withdrawals from these accounts during periods of unemployment. The aim of this policy proposal is to …

Comparing the unemployment insurance systems of the United States and of the United Kingdom it is shown that the US … unemployment insurance (UI) is the only system that provides for a negative feedback between UI expenditures and layoffs … ("experience rating"). The UK has no specific UI: Unemployment benefits are paid by the "National Insurance" which also covers …

The authors suggest a dual-system model of private unemployment insurance that includes incentives on the side of … employees as well as of employers to reduce unemployment. Each employee pays insurance premiums according to his (her … unemployment payments. On the employers' side the US system of experience rating is elaborated in such a way as to increase, via …

The analysis is about the compulsory German unemployment insurance system (GUIS). It is known that GUIS did nothing to … prevent the continuous rise of the rate of unemployment since the 1970s. The empirical literature about GUIS indicates that … literature on reforming the system of unemployment insurance has arisen, most of it aiming at marginal reforms only. It turns out …