Dynamic Models of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Receipt
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
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Author : Andreas Pollak
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783161493041
Designing a good unemployment insurance scheme is a delicate matter. In a system with no or little insurance, households may be subject to a high income risk, whereas excessively generous unemployment insurance systems are known to lead to high unemployment rates and are costly both from a fiscal perspective and for society as a whole. Andreas Pollak investigates what an optimal unemployment insurance system would look like, i.e. a system that constitutes the best possible compromise between income security and incentives to work. Using theoretical economic models and complex numerical simulations, he studies the effects of benefit levels and payment durations on unemployment and welfare. As the models allow for considerable heterogeneity of households, including a history-dependent labor productivity, it is possible to analyze how certain policies affect individuals in a specific age, wealth or skill group. The most important aspect of an unemployment insurance system turns out to be the benefits paid to the long-term unemployed. If this parameter is chosen too high, a large number of households may get caught in a long spell of unemployment with little chance of finding work again. Based on the predictions in these models, the so-called "Hartz IV" labor market reform recently adopted in Germany should have highly favorable effects on the unemployment rates and welfare in the long run.
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Unemployment insurance
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Page : 178 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
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Page : 914 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Unemployment insurance
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Author : Walter Corson
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,83 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
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Author : Lawrence Chimerine
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,44 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Insurance, Unemployment
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Author : Sigurd R. Nilsen (au)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422307175
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
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Category : Unemployment insurance
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Author : Elaine L. Chao
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Page : 182 pages
File Size : 17,72 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Self-employed
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