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Alternative Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung: das Beispiel der Vereinigten Staaten und des Vereinigten Königreichs
Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - 2001
keine Arbeitslosenversicherung im herkömmlichen Sinne: Die Einkommenssicherung bei Arbeitslosigkeit erfolgt durch die …Im Rahmen eines Vergleichs der amerikanischen und britischen Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung wird gezeigt, daß das … Arbeitslosenversicherung und der Höhe der Freisetzung von Arbeitskräften aufweist ("experience rating"). Im Vereinigten Königreich gibt es …
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Risk selection in natural disaster insurance : the case of France
Jametti, Mario; von Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas - 2006
It is widely recognized that ?market failure? prevents efficient risk sharing in natural disaster insurance. As a consequence, many countries adopted institutional frameworks presenting public sector participation, often praised as public-private partnerships. We define risk selection as a...
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Bismarck versus Beveridge: Which Unemployment Compensation System is More Prone to Labor Market Shocks?
Beissinger, Thomas; Buesse, Oliver - 2001
Based on a model with imperfectly competitive labor and product markets the real consequences of labor market shocks for economies with either an earnings-related or flatrate unemployment compensation system are considered. A distinctive feature of the analysis is the comparison of both...
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Contingent convergence: a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2008
The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...
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Do We Need Crisis-Specific Labor Market Policies? Lessons from Dutch Miracle - Part II
van Ours, Jan C. - In: CESifo Forum 11 (2010) 1, pp. 29-36
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The effects of marginal employment on subsequent labour market outcomes
Böheim, René; Weber, Andrea - 2006
We analyse the consequences of starting a wage subsidised job, marginal employment, for unemployed workers. Marginal employment is a type of wage subsidy paid to unemployed workers and they do not lose their unemployment benefits if the wage is below a certain threshold. We ask if the unemployed...
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The effects of marginal employment on subsequent labour market outcomes
Böheim, René; Weber, Andrea Maria - 2006
We analyse the consequences of starting a wage subsidised job, marginal employment, for unemployed workers. Marginal employment is a type of wage subsidy paid to unemployed workers and they do not lose their unemployment benefits if the wage is below a certain threshold. We ask if the unemployed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277107
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Cross-Skill Redistribution and the Tradeoff between Unemployment Benefits and Employment Protection
Boeri, Tito; Conde-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2004
We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL) in the provision of insurance against labor market risk. Different countries' locations along this trade-off represent stable, hard to modify, politico-economic equilibria. We...
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Experience Rating of Unemployment Insurance in the US: A Model for Europe?
Fath, Julia; Fuest, Clemens - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 2, pp. 45-50
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Catastrophe Index-Linked Securities and Reinsurance as Substituties
Nell, Martin; Richter, Andreas - 2000
The use of catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) implies the problem of the so called basis risk, resulting from the fact that, in contrast to traditional reinsurance, this kind of coverage cannot be a perfect hedge for the primary’s insured portfolio. On the other hand cat bonds offer some very...
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