The Impact of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Levels on Recipiency

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian P. McCall
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Insurance Benefit ◽  
Unemployment Insurance Benefit ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Distributive Consequences of Risk Privatization: The Case of the Swedish Unemployment Insurance System

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-235
Author(s):  
Jayeon Lindellee
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Unemployment Benefit ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
The Public ◽  
Insurance Benefit ◽  
Insurance Program ◽  
Unemployment Insurance Benefit ◽  
Income Insurance ◽  
Unemployment Insurance System ◽  
Retail Workers

Abstract The public unemployment insurance program in Sweden has retrenched in terms of its benefit generosity in the last three decades. As a response to this trend, in which an ever-smaller proportion of the previous income of unemployed persons is compensated by public unemployment insurance benefit, complementary income insurance schemes provided by unions have expanded rapidly in the last 15 years, currently covering one half of the working population. What does this change mean for people who need income protection upon unemployment and are more likely to find themselves unemployed or underemployed? By analyzing survey-based benefit recipiency data among retail workers who were unemployed in 2014, this article explores the outcomes of the multi-pillarized unemployment benefit provision system in Sweden. While public unemployment insurance benefit does not fully compensate for the income loss for the majority of retail workers, the promise of a complementary income insurance scheme seems to be illusory for many individuals as they repeatedly oscillate between precarious work and benefits, accompanied by the burden of navigating a complex system.

scholarly journals The Effect of Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Evidence from the 2012–2013 Phase-Out

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry S. Farber ◽  
Jesse Rothstein ◽  
Robert G. Valletta
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Labor Force Participation Rate ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Insurance Benefit ◽  
Unemployment Insurance Benefit ◽  
Phase Out ◽  
Job Finding

Unemployment Insurance benefit durations were extended during the Great Recession, reaching 99 weeks for most recipients. The extensions were rolled back and eventually terminated by the end of 2013. Using matched CPS data from 2008-2014, we estimate the effect of extended benefits on unemployment exits separately during the earlier period of benefit expansion and the later period of rollback. In both periods, we find little or no effect on job-finding but a reduction in labor force exits due to benefit availability. We estimate that the rollbacks reduced the labor force participation rate by about 0.1 percentage point in early 2014.

scholarly journals Equity in Unemployment Insurance Benefit Access

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. O'Leary ◽  
William E. Spriggs ◽  
Stephen A. Wandner
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Insurance Benefit ◽  
Unemployment Insurance Benefit
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