higher flexibility at the onset of the crisis contributed to a reduction in the unemployment rates after the crisis, while a …

productivity. The welfare state's tax-based social transfers and even unemployment benefits have not clearly harmed employment or …

covering the development on an aggregate level. Estimations to shed light on the relation between unemployment and labour force … years. However, the impact of this development on unemployment is rather limited. …

As unemployment rises across the European Union (EU) it is important to understand the extent to which the incomes of … of this increase in unemployment. This paper uses the EU tax-benefit model EUROMOD to explore these issues, comparing … unemployment benefit is payable, the household situation of the unemployed person, and across countries. -- unemployment ; European …

In this paper we explore the potential of a new unemployment insurance benefit at EMU level to improve the income … stringent eligibility conditions, to increase generosity where current unemployment benefits are low relative to earnings and to … national unemployment insurance schemes and differences in labour force characteristics across countries, mainly in the …

The idea of a common unemployment benefit system for the European Monetary Union (EMU) has provoked increasing interest … introduction of an EMU unemployment insurance (EMU-UI) scheme, for a selected number of countries of the Monetary Union. Our …

The aim of this paper is to explore the potential of an EMU unemployment insurance scheme (EMU-UI) to improve the … income protection available to individuals and their families in case of unemployment. Our analysis uses an illustrative EMU … gaps in national unemployment insurance schemes are assessed. We make use of EUROMOD, the EU-wide tax …