This paper discusses developments in the Netherlands concerning unemployment insurance, unemployment assistance and …

policy reform that tightens the eligibility for the benefit extension would increase mostly the employment of older workers …

principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the …

numbers on these benefits stopped rising when a welfare reform was introduced that integrated disability benefits with … unemployment insurance (UI). This policy reform improved job information and sharpened bureaucratic incentives to find jobs for the … six years for the estimated benefits of the reform to exceed its costs, which is beyond the time horizon of most policy-makers. …