Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded …

We consider an economy characterised by involuntary unemployment among low skilled workers, and investigate the … implications for employment and income of welfare schemes often advocated as less distortionary. We show that reducing unemployment … deterioration. To support employment, we suggest that systems grounded in contribution-based unemployment insurance schemes are to …

This paper provides evidence that replacing minimum unemployment benefts with a basic income of equal size has minor …

unemployment benefits are providing income support to this growing number of able-bodied individuals out of work. Under the present … design of unemployment benefits and social assistance, there may be serious incentive problems related to the shift from … unemployment benefits to other, means-tested, non-employment benefits and this shift occurs in transition countries at rather early …

In this paper we provide an account of most of the passive labor market policies (unemployment compensation, social … unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits with those receiving social assistance and those not receiving any benefits and … effects of the unemployment and social assistance benefits by comparing these benefits to market wages and by analyzing the …

public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …

public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …

public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …