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Unemployment insurance and seasonal unemployment [PDF]
Abstract The increased interest in labor market theory and policy during the past years has also intensified the interest in the design and effects of the unemployment insurance system. Previously, economists concentrated mainly on the role of the system as an automatic stabilizer and on its effect on the income distribution.
P. G. Edebalk, E. Wadensjö
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A Critique of the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill, 2015 [PDF]
The contribution critically reflects on the proposed amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Act Act 63 of 2001 (the UIA / the Act), introduced via the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill of 2015 (B25-2015).
Marius Olivier, Avinash Govindjee
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The Canadian Unemployment Insurance Generosity: Reflections From A Comparative Analysis
The unemployment compensation system is at the centre of the current economic and political debate in many Western countries which, under the effects of the increase in public debt, must decide the level of their unemployment insurance while taking into ...
Samir Amine
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Unemployment insurance (UI) provides temporary income support to workers who have lost their jobs and are seeking reemployment. This chapter reviews the origins of the federal-state UI system in the United States and outlines its principles and goals. It also describes the conditions for benefit eligibility, the benefits themselves, and their financing.
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The Normative Impact of Unemployment Insurance
The debate on classification instruments for social security regimes opened by Esping-Andersen (1990) usually neglects the examination of the normative impact of the welfare state.
Jean-Pierre Tabin, Raluca Enescu
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Unemployment Insurance and the Uninsured [PDF]
Under federal-state law workers who quit a job are not entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits. To show how the existence of the uninsured affects wages and employment, I extend an equilibrium search model to account for two types of unemployed workers: those who are currently receiving unemployment benefits and for whom an increase in ...
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Assurance chômage, discontinuité de l’emploi et rapport salarial
: The “return of the wage-labour nexus” cannot be understood without analyzing the role of collective consumption and social welfare, including unemployment insurance expenditures.
Emmanuelle Bénicourt, Sabina Issehnane
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Unemployment insurance benefits and motives for corporate financial investment: evidence from China
Unemployment insurance benefits can influence corporate investment behavior. We investigate the impact of unemployment insurance benefits on the precautionary and profit-seeking motives underlying corporate financial investment by reference to monthly ...
Nan Zou +4 more
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Impact of economic factors on life insurance development in Western Balkan Countries [PDF]
Life insurance market in Western Balkan countries is underdeveloped compared to other European countries, but in the recent decade it has been developing moderately under the influence of various factors, primarily economic, but also demographic ...
Milijana Novović Burić +3 more
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The Value and Limits of Unemployment Insurance
This paper reviews some recent findings regarding unemployment and unemployment insurance in particular, drawing on comprehensive administrative data from Sweden. Firstly, it explores the value of unemployment insurance, revealing that individuals value
Jonas Kolsrud, Johannes Spinnewijn
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