Boss, Alfred; Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 9 (2008) 2, pp. 139-155
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...