In reforming unemployment benefit systems, the policy debate should be on the appropriate level of benefits, the … subsidies needed for people who cannot contribute enough, and how to finance the subsidies, rather than on whether unemployment … insurance or individual unemployment savings accounts are better. Unemployment insurance finances subsidies through implicit …

seekers or those who have gone through long-periods of unemployment or inactivity, to gain some work experience and in the …

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) argues for relaxing the standard definition of unemployment in developing … in urban areas. -- definition of unemployment ; job search ; developing countries …

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) argues for relaxing the standard definition of unemployment in developing …

these trends. High unemployment and unstable contracts, common in Southern Europe, depress fertility, particularly of … younger women. To increase lifetime income though early skill-acquisition and minimize unemployment risk, young women postpone …

of the sector and which suggest the need to rethink the approaches to date. First, the unemployment rate is … formal employment is countercyclical because of the difficulty of finding formal jobs from inactivity, unemployment and other …

The paper describes and evaluates unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) - a relatively new and not well …-known way of providing unemployment benefits. The UISAs reduce work disincentives by allowing recipients to keep their own … unused unemployment contributions, and offer the possibility to extend coverage to informal sector workers. In addition, if …