We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed …-term unemployment and find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, 5 …

We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed …-term unemployment and find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, 5 …

We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess … degree of cross-country transfers. In the baseline, we focus on a non-contingent scheme covering short-term unemployment and … find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, four …

We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess … degree of cross-country transfers. In the baseline, we focus on a non-contingent scheme covering short-term unemployment and … find that it would have absorbed a significant fraction of the unemployment shock in the recent crisis. However, four …

This study offers an in-depth economic analysis of the two main proposals for the creation of a European unemployment … insurance scheme. One proposes the creation of a harmonised European unemployment benefit scheme that would apply automatically … unemployment insurance schemes to finance benefits from the centre to the periphery when unemployment is measurably higher than …

The European Parliament has called for a "social dimension" to the Economic and Monetary Union to tackle unemployment … potentially be a means of stabilising the Eurozone, while at the same time addressing social problems associated with the … financial crisis. This study explores the prospects for introducing an automatic stabilizer in the form of an Unemployment …

The European Parliament has called for a "social dimension" to the Economic and Monetary Union to tackle unemployment … potentially be a means of stabilising the Eurozone, while at the same time addressing social problems associated with the … financial crisis. This study explores the prospects for introducing an automatic stabilizer in the form of an Unemployment …

Monetary Union (EMU) has to be compensated by an increase in fiscal policy. A joint unemployment insurance is seen as one … opportunity. After comparing a basic design with a "kicking-in" style unemployment insurance, we recommend the latter as it …