In this extensive report, we assess how a European unemployment benefit scheme (EUBS) could be designed. To this end … be found in national unemployment benefit schemes, while others are more related to the EUBS context. We analyse the … a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme”. All this information is integrated into a summary fiche for each of the 18 EUBS …

We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess … degree of cross-country transfers. In the baseline, we focus on a non-contingent scheme covering short-term unemployment and … find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, four …

We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed …-term unemployment and find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, 5 …

We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed …-term unemployment and find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, 5 …

This paper evaluates the potential of a common unemployment insurance system for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU … household disposable income of atypical workers in the event of unemployment. Our results show that there are sizable gaps in …-employed would further improve income protection, reducing their risk of falling into poverty in the event of unemployment. …

Using new quarterly narrative evidence, this paper examines the macroeconomic impact of reforms of unemployment …

, unemployment and inactivity, as a resultof labour market and UI policy differences across euro area countries. We find … thatmechanisms like the recently introduced European instrument for temporary support tomitigate unemployment risks in an emergency …