In this paper, we develop a methodology to summarize the various policy parameters of an unemployment insurance scheme … into a single generosity parameter. Unemployment insurance policies are multdimensional objects. They are typically defined … unemployment matter when assessing the generosity of different policies. We build a first model with such complex characteristics …

'Aussteuerungsbetrag' eingeführt, der aus Sozialbeiträgen zur Arbeitslosenversicherung finanziert wurde: Die Bundesregierung erhob von 2005 … gerechtfertigt waren. Wir vergleichen dazu Kohorten, die im März der Jahre 2003 bis 2006 in Arbeitslosigkeit eingetreten sind und zu …

This paper analyses the effect of unemployment insurance generosity and active labour market policy on reemployment … to identify policy effects at the micro and macro level. Empirical evidence suggests that unemployment benefit receipt is … associated with longer reemployment duration at the individual level. Furthermore, countries with more generous unemployment …

Unemployment insurance is a key tool for risk sharing and redistribution and also a prominent automatic stabiliser. It … of vulnerability of the unemployment insurance schemes of OECD and BRIICS countries. Policies that boost both financial …

did not affect total post-unemployment earnings indicating that the positive effects on job finding and job turnover …

unemployment benefits. Will social welfare rise as a result? Will some groups be winners and other groups be losers? Will the …

service, unemployment insurance, work experience, and direct job creation. Assistance for workers displaced by foreign … of unemployment compensation recipients to reemployment services, skill training closely connected to employer … ; reemployment ; unemployment insurance ; employment service ; public employment policy ; job training ; wage subsidies ; direct job …

Based on administrative registers from Norway, we examine how unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market … programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the … search rather than job creation. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; unemployment …

In reforming unemployment benefit systems, the policy debate should be on the appropriate level of benefits, the … subsidies needed for people who cannot contribute enough, and how to finance the subsidies, rather than on whether unemployment … insurance or individual unemployment savings accounts are better. Unemployment insurance finances subsidies through implicit …