The paper seeks to take stock of some of the key APEC documents/reports relevant to social protection and safety net programs, and also of the experience of APEC member-economies, with special focus on the Philippines, in implementing social protection measures. In particular, it attempts to...

In der aktuellen Corona-Krise wird in mehr Ländern als jemals zuvor Kurzarbeit als arbeitsmarktpolitisches Instrument eingesetzt, um Beschäftigung zu sichern und die sozialen Kosten der Krise zu begrenzen. Trotz erheblicher Unterschiede in der institutionellen Ausgestaltung und Logik von...

The policy brief presents a review of potential effects of parametric pension reform in Belarus starting in 2017 for the population aged 50 and more in terms of unemployment, alcohol consumption, and poverty. It concludes that, despite the fact that raising the retirement age is overdue in...

This paper examines the distributional impacts of the changes to benefits, tax credits, pensions and direct taxes between the UK Elections in May 2010 and in May 2015. It also looks ahead to the longer-term effects of changes and plans that were announced by the 2010-2015 Coalition government,...