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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 them during periods of unemployment. The government would be able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265555
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From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 them during periods of unemployment. The government would be able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566498
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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 them during periods of unemployment. The government would be able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412084
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Coping with the Job Crisis and Preparing for Ageing: The Case of Finland
Braconier, Henrik - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
major challenges for policy makers in Finland. The recession of the early 1990s showed that high unemployment can leave long …, greater flexibility in wage setting, ensuring earlier activation of unemployed and reforming unemployment and social benefits … to better support work incentives. Finland has an unusual combination of elevated unemployment replacement rates and late …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587586
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Making the Labour Market Work Better in Poland
Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276966
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Earnings and labor market dynamics : indirect inference based on Swedish register data
Holmberg, Johan - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498930
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A GLOBAL VIEW ON DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE AND LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPATION
Peeters, Marga; Groot, Loek - In: Journal of Global Economy 8 (2012) 2, pp. 165-194
Demographic change exerts pressure on labour markets and public finances across the globe. Most studies on ageing focus on the projected development of the old age dependency ratio, the ratio of persons 65 or older relative to the working age population. This ratio gives a very incomplete...
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A global view on demographic pressure and labour market participation
Groot, Loek; Peeters, Marga - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Demographic change across the globe puts pressure on labour markets and public finances. Most studies on ageing focus on the projected development of the old age dependency ratio, being the ratio of persons 65 or older relative to the working age population. This ratio gives a very incomplete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151574
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Labour supply and employment in the euro area countries - developments and challenges
Masuch, Klaus (contributor);  … - European System of Central Banks / Monetary Policy … - 2008
The aim of this report, which has been prepared by a Task Force of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Eurosystem, is to describe and analyse the main developments in labour supply and its determinants in the euro area, review the links between labour supply and labour market institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641224
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Expanding the welfare system: a proposal for reform
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - In: The welfare state in Europe: Challenges and reforms, (pp. 101-117). 1998
accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital … may be expected to play a substantial role in reducing unemployment, encouraging labour force participation, promoting …
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