In this paper we investigate whether unemployment traps exist and are significant in the transition from unemployment … into employment in Belgium. In order to assess them, we use panel data sample selection models. Specifically, we estimate a … periods of unemployment in the past is particularly important: long-term unemployed people have difficulties in re …

In this paper we investigate whether unemployment traps exist and are significant in the transition from unemployment … into employment in Belgium. In order to assess them, we use panel data sample selection models. Specifically, we estimate a … periods of unemployment in the past is particularly important: long-term unemployed people have difficulties in re …

identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most …

The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an economic environment in … supplement to the current unemployment benefits, but also, as to make the worker more accountable, to finance active labour … unemployment benefits for blue-collar workers to white-collar workers, but only to the extent that one introduces experience rating …

Between 2005 and 2020, Belgium experienced a significant rise in the recipiency rate of long-term disability insurance … reforms in unemployment insurance over the past two decades have contributed to the rise in the DI entry rate from … unemployment. Finally, drawing on the literature on optimal DI policy, we discuss potential reforms aimed at decreasing the Belgian …

In Belgium unemployment insurance benefits can only exhaust for one category of workers: partners of workers with … (replacement) labour income (mostly women) may loose their entitlement after an unemployment duration ranging from two to eight …