In this paper we study the social, demographic and economic origins of social security. The data for the U.S. and for a cross section of countries make it clear that urbanization and industrialization are strongly associated with the rise of social insurance. We describe a model economy in which...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Frage, welche Bezugsdauern des Arbeitslosengeldes für welche Personengruppen als angemessen betrachtet werden und ob sich diese Einschätzungen während der Covid-19-Pandemie verändert haben. Längere Bezugsdauern können die Einkommenssituation der Betroffenen...

In the last 20 years, Vietnam has been one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. But the coverage of social insurance is still low. Only around one in five workers is covered by the public social insurance scheme. Expanding the coverage of social insurance for informal sector workers and the...