Unemployment benefits: an assessment of proposals for reform.(Special Issue: Employment Policy in the Global Economy)

From: International Labour Review | Date: July 1, 1995| Author: Snower, Dennis J. | Copyright information

In light of current efforts at reforming unemployment benefit systems in Europe, the author reviews a range of reform proposals. He confronts the key dilemma - that benefit systems contribute in various ways to unemployment itself - and discusses how this might be mitigated. He then critically examines how current benefit systems attempt to meet equity and efficiency objectives, considering especially their unintended disincentive effects. Reducing the duration and level of benefits, reformin...

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