and helps to preserve jobs in the context of a recession by making employment and unemployment less elastic with respect …

unemployment insurance: a large informal sector, weak administrative capacity, and large political risk. It argues that these … countries should tailor an OECD-style unemployment insurance program to their circumstances, among others by relying on self …-insurance (via unemployment insurance savings accounts), complemented by solidarity funding, as a key source of financing; by …

on overall aggregate employment, participation or unemployment rates. -- job security ; employment composition …

While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …

unemployment spells, hours worked and monthly earnings. We also analyze whether displaced workers are more likely to be in informal … costs as additional outcomes. Displaced migrant workers do not encounter losses in terms of longer unemployment spells or …

A job loss has considerable negative consequences for those hit by unemployment. This is all the more relevant if …

for the design of selected labor market policies including unemployment compensation, employment services and job search … assistance, and job training. -- behavioral economics ; unemployment insurance ; job training ; job search …

The paper argues that a comprehensive activation strategy is called for – in both unemployment and disability insurance … insurance. The paper also argues that the distinction between unemployment and disability is blurred, and that both temporary …) work capacity. -- activation ; moral hazard ; disability insurance ; unemployment insurance ; ALMP …