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From unemployment benefits to unemployment accounts

Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002

We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the balances in these accounts would then be available to...

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Labor market reforms in Europe : towards more flexicure labor markets?

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - 2016

active labor market policies. The paper provides an overview of reform patterns and tries to assess whether and to what …

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Wages and the value on nonemployment

Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Young, Samuel; … - 2018

Nonemployment is often posited as a worker's outside option in wage setting models such as bargaining and wage posting. The value of this state is therefore a fundamental determinant of wages and, in turn, labor supply and job creation. We measure the effect of changes in the value of...

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The exhaustion of unemployment benefits in Belgium : does it enhance the probability of employment?

Cockx, Bart (contributor); Ries, Jean (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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How changes in benefits entitlement affect job-finding : lessons from the Slovenian "experiment"

Ours, Jan C. van (contributor); Vodopivec, Milan (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

"In 1998 the Slovenian UI system was drastically reformed. The reform reduced the potential duration of unemployment …

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How changes in financial incentives affect the duration of unemployment

Lalive, Rafael (contributor); Ours, Jan C. van (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper studies how changes in the two key parameters of unemployment insurance the benefit replacement rate (RR) and the potential duration of benefits (PBD) affect the duration of unemployment. In 1989, the Austrian government made unemployment insurance more generous by changing,...

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Contingent convergence : a comparative analysis of activation policies

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); … - 2008

The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...

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Unemployment accounts and employment incentives

Brown, Alessio J. G. (contributor); … - 2006

model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

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The long-term effects of job search requirements : evidence from the UK JSA reform

Petrongolo, Barbara (contributor) - 2008

This paper investigates long-term returns from unemployment compensation, exploiting variation from the UK JSA reform …

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Benefit-entitlement effects and the duration of unemployment : an ex-ante evaluation of recent labour market reforms in Germany

Schmitz, Hendrik (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation … system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre-reform … the duration of unemployment. Our simulation results show that the recent labour market reform is unlikely to have a major …

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