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Unemployment Insurance: Efficiency Effects and Lessons for Developing Countries

Unemployment insurance (UI) is the most common public income support program for the unemployed in developed countries.1 In these countries, it typically offers good protection: it covers the majority of employed persons, irrespective of occupation...

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Main Author: Vodopivec, Milan
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BARGAINING
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT
EXHAUSTION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
INCENTIVE EFFECTS
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INSURANCE
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LAYOFF
LAYOFFS
LEGISLATION
LEISURE
LIQUIDITY
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
MORAL HAZARD
OPPORTUNITY COST
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PURCHASING POWER
SAVINGS
SCREENING
SEVERANCE PAY
THAILAND
THEORETICAL MODELS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WAGES
WEALTH
WELFARE GAINS
WORKING HOURS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/5173066/efficiency-effects-lessons-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11809

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/5173066/efficiency-effects-lessons-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11809

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