Unemployment and unemployment compensation from a global perspective
Abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to summarize the presence and importance of Unemployment Compensation in the world today. Summary measures are developed built-up from country-specific detail, and aggregated for the major regions of the world. The paper also summarizes key details about the measurement of unemployment in labor force surveys. After all, it is the volume of unemployment that is crucial in assessing the performance of UC programs: how capable is a country's UC program in providing short term protection to its citizens against the loss of earnings and income due to unemployment? The paper reaches three main conclusions. First, unemployment rates vary widely across major geographic regions, for instance, low unemployment is a notable feature of Asian economies. Second, nearly half of the world's population (47 percent) resides in countries where UC programs are not available. Third, even where UC is present, the number of beneficiaries relative to total unemployment is oft
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Arbeitslosigkeit und Arbeitslosenunterstützung aus globaler Sicht
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 34 S.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Anmerkungen
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Veröffentlichungsversion
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Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Arbeit, Sozialstruktur und Sozialstaat, Abteilung Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Beschäftigung ; Bd. 2006-118
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Berlin
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2006
- Urheber
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Wayne, Vroman
Brusentsev, Vera
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-114463
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Wayne, Vroman
- Brusentsev, Vera
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Entstanden
- 2006
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