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Complexities in Assessing Unemployment Benefits and Policies

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Employed workers cannot access unemployment insurance as a matter of choice. Benefit periods and benefit amounts vary between groups in the population. Unemployment benefit recipients have not only rights to benefits but also obligations to meet in order to maintain eligibility. The existence of functional equivalent benefit schemes contributes to benefit transition and substitution. All these aspects are of crucial importance both for the economic well‐being of families with unemployed members and for policymaking. This article illustrates some of these complex institutional aspects through an analysis of benefits for unemployment in a number of northern European countries in 1996 and by reference to recent Danish experiences.

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  • Jon Kvist, 1998. "Complexities in Assessing Unemployment Benefits and Policies," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 51(4), pages 33-55, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:51:y:1998:i:4:p:33-55
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-246X.00023
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    1. Manuela Arcanjo, 2009. "The Reform of Unemployment Protection Insurance, 1993-2007: the Erosion of Legislated Rights in France, Germany, Portugal and Spain," Working Papers Department of Economics 2009/01, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
    2. Ola Sjöberg, 2000. "Unemployment and Unemployment Benefits in the OECD 1960-1990 - An Empirical Test of Neo-Classical Economic Theory," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 14(1), pages 51-76, March.
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    4. Stefano Sacchi & Federico Pancaldi & Claudia Arisi, 2011. "The Economic Crisis as a Trigger of Convergence? Short-time work in Italy, Germany and Austria," Carlo Alberto Notebooks 199, Collegio Carlo Alberto.
    5. Leschke, Janine, 2007. "Gender differences in unemployment insurance coverage: A comparative analysis," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Labor Market Policy and Employment SP I 2007-106, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

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