Labour market mobility and workers’ skills in a comparative perspective: exploring the role of unemployment insurance benefits

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola Sjöberg
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Labour Market Mobility

The Effect of Advance Notification of Plant Closings on Unemployment

ILR Review ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Addison ◽  
Pedro Portugal
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Job Displacement ◽  
Plant Closings ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Advance Notice ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
Censored Observations ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Spell Length

Using data from the 1984 Displaced Worker Survey, the authors model the determinants of time without work following job displacement for a large sample of workers laid off because of plant shutdowns between 1979 and 1984. The major focus of the paper is on the role of advance notification in mitigating unemployment. The estimating procedure accommodates right censored observations stemming from continuing or open-ended spells of unemployment. Advance notification is found to have significantly reduced the duration of unemployment of those notified workers who did not draw unemployment insurance benefits and, in particular, of those who left the plant prior to termination. Advance notice had much less effect on the time without work of notified workers whose spell length of unemployment was long enough for them to collect unemployment insurance benefits.

scholarly journals Lessons from the ongoing crisis for labour market institutions in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Irina A. Denisova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Unemployment Insurance System ◽  
Employment Subsidy

The paper discusses the role of unemployment insurance system in economic development in general and in the context of the ongoing crisis due to the forced lockdown related to COVID-19. The key elements of employment subsidy programs with reduced working hours or partial unemployment benefits, based on the experience of OECD countries get special attention.

Unemployment and Poverty

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Pestieau ◽  
Mathieu Lefebvre
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Experience Rating ◽  
Labour Market Policies ◽  
Work Contracts

This chapter emphasizes the role of unemployment insurance and labour market policies. Starting from the recent evolution of unemployment in the European countries, it presents the main aspects of unemployment insurance systems and shows the disparities in terms of generosity and coverage among the countries. The trade-off between flexibility and protection of employees is presented and the example of the Danish flexicurity is put into perspective with recent reforms introduced in France or Germany that push for more activation and experience rating. The chapter then surveys the recent changes in the nature of European employment such as the case of deported workers or the increase of jobs related to new technologies. These changes exert pressure on the poorest workers and call for controls of work contracts.

scholarly journals Unintended Consequences of Unemployment Insurance Benefits: The Role of Banks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (026) ◽  
pp. 1-68
Author(s):  
Yavuz Arslan ◽  
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Ahmet Degerli ◽  
Gazi Kabaş ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Precautionary Savings ◽  
Insurance Benefits ◽  
Bank Deposits ◽  
Lower Wage ◽  
Stable Source

We use disaggregated U.S. data and a border discontinuity design to show that more generous unemployment insurance (UI) policies lower bank deposits. We test several channels that could explain this decline and find evidence consistent with households lowering their precautionary savings. Since deposits are the largest and most stable source of funding for banks, the decrease in deposits affects bank lending. Banks that raise deposits in states with generous UI policies squeeze their small business lending. Furthermore, counties that are served by these banks experience a higher unemployment rate and lower wage growth.

Public Administration in the Islamic World: Considering the Importance of Religion, its Values and Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Daniel Hummel
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Salient Region ◽  
The People ◽  
Comparative Public Administration

A small but growing area of public administration scholarship appreciates the influence of religious values on various aspects of government. This appreciation parallels a growing interest in comparative public administration and indigenized forms of government which recognizes the role of culture in different approaches to government. This article is at the crossroads of these two trends while also considering a very salient region, the Islamic world. The Islamic world is uniquely religious, which makes this discussion even more relevant, as the nations that represent them strive towards legitimacy and stability. The history and core values of Islam need to be considered as they pertain to systems of government that are widely accepted by the people. In essence, this is being done in many countries across the Islamic world, providing fertile grounds for public administration research from a comparative perspective. This paper explores these possibilities for future research on this topic.

The Role of Migration in the Formation of Regional Labour Markets Amidst the Second Wave of Depopulation in Modern Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
A. V. Topilin ◽  
A. S. Maksimova
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Sample Surveys ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Permanent Migration ◽  
Regional Labour Markets ◽  
The Impact

The article reflects the results of a study of the impact of migration on regional labour markets amidst a decline in the working-age population in Russia. After substantiating the relevance of the issues under consideration, the authors propose a methodological analysis toolkit, the author’s own methodology for calculating the coefficients of permanent long-term external and internal labour migration in regional labour markets, and the coefficient of total migration burden. In addition, the authors provide an overview of the information and statistical base of the study. According to current migration records, data of Rosstat sample surveys on Russian labour migrants leaving for employment in other regions, regional labour resources balance sheets based on the calculated coefficients of labour market pressures, the authors analyzed the impact of migration on the Russian regional labour markets over the past decade. It revealed an increasing role of internal labour migration in many regions, primarily in the largest economic agglomerations and oil and gas territories. At the same time, the role of external labour migration remains stable and minimum indicators of the contribution of permanent migration to the formation of regional labour markets continue to decrease. It has been established that irrational counter flows of external and internal labour migration have developed, which indicates not only an imbalance in labour demand and supply but also a discrepancy between the qualitative composition of migrants and the needs of the economy. It is concluded that the state does not effectively regulate certain types of migration, considering its impact on the labour market. The authors justified the need for conducting regular household sample surveys according to specific programs to collect information about labour migrants and the conditions for using their labour. In addition to the current migration records, using interregional analysis, this information allows making more informed decisions at the federal and regional levels to correct the negative situation that has developed in the regional labour markets even before the coronavirus pandemic had struck.

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