Harmonizing unemployment and sickness insurance: Why (not)?

Arbeitspapier

The paper discusses harmonization of unemployment insurance (UI) and sickness insurance (SI). The focus is on the difference between the benefit ceilings in the two insurance systems that has been shown to affect the behavior among unemployed SI recipients. The four conclusions are: (i) It is difficult to argue that the design with different benefit ceilings of UI and SI would be optimal. (ii) During the study period 1998–2001, unemployed were overrepresented among SI recipients. (iii) Some of the overrepresentation is due to the different benefit ceilings. Thus, harmonization of the systems is motivated; (iv) In a complex system as the Swedish social insurance system, reducing moral hazard in one group probably also implies various indirect effects. When designing a reform, all insurances should be considered simultaneously.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2004:8

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; National Government Expenditures and Health ; Social Security and Public Pensions ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
• Thema: Government policies ; moral hazard ; sickness insurance ; unemployment insurance

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Larsson, Laura
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
• (wo): Uppsala
• (wann): 2004

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/82142
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ