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Designing unemployment benefits in developing countries

In reforming unemployment benefit systems, the policy debate should be on the appropriate level of benefits, the subsidies needed for people who cannot contribute enough, and how to finance the subsidies, rather than on whether unemployment insurance or individual unemployment savings accounts are better. Unemployment insurance finances subsidies through implicit taxes on savings, while individual savings accounts with solidarity funds finance subsidies through payroll taxes. Taxes on certain consumption goods and real estate could be considered as well and could be less distortionary.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2014 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Thema
unemployment benefits
risk-pooling
savings accounts
labor market

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Robalino, David A.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2014

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.15
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Beteiligte

  • Robalino, David A.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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