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This policy brief provides an update on job retention policies in a sample of 20 countries representing the main world regions as well as the diverse types of job retention schemes, in particular short-time work, furlough and wage subsidy schemes as they have been implemented in response to the...
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In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels … standard measures of long-term unemployment and alternative measures of long-term non-employment. Next, we take a closer look …
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temporarily. But short-time work is certainly not a panacea to "flatten the unemployment curve" - especially not in a scenario of … firms, unemployment benefits have been made more generous in many countries. Often, activation principles have also been …
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protection, unemployment insurancebenefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played acrucial … role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment,wage cuts or income losses and rising …
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Monetary Union (EMU) has to be compensated by an increase in fiscal policy. A joint unemployment insurance is seen as one … opportunity. After comparing a basic design with a "kicking-in" style unemployment insurance, we recommend the latter as it …
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protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a … crucial role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment, wage cuts or income losses and … and to what extent different socio-economic groups were affected. -- automatic stabilisers ; unemployment protection ; tax …
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In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels … standard measures of long-term unemployment and alternative measures of long-term non-employment. Next, we take a closer look …
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unemployment insurance, job retention and employment protection, as they play an additional and potentially prominent role in …
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tiers of social protection, in particular upstream systems such as unemployment insurance, job retention and employment …
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and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on …
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