Unemployment Insurance
Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a compulsory governmental insurance system, not taxes on individual citizens. Depending on the jurisdiction and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time proportionally to the previous earned salary. Unemployment benefits are generally given only to those registering as unemployed, and often on conditions ensuring that they seek work. In British English unemployment benefits are also colloquially referred …
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World Bank Group · 1 June 2023 English
Thailand's social protection system faces significant challenges stemming from a slowing economy, inequality, rapid aging, the changing nature of work, and a highly informal workforce. At the same time, the …
This was the case in Brazil, where the unemployment insurance program was able to block US$385 million …
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council · 25 May 2023
While efforts are made to ensure that the views of the PECC members are taken into account, the opinions and the facts contained in this report are the sole responsibility …
on the role of the lack of to introduce unemployment insurance or social protection varied significantly … Report, 2020 22 State of the Region 2023 unemployment insurance system, labor unions, were also asked to …
World Bank Group · 24 May 2023 English
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face the dual and interlinked challenge of lack of jobs and low quality of public services. Labor force participation rates, especially of women, are among the …
presence and generosity of govern- ment unemployment insurance programs and other transfers (Kuhn & Riddell …
LBP: Louisiana Budget Project · 23 May 2023 English
BLOG LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT Reducing unemployment benefits is punitive and unnecessary by Christina LeBlanc, Economic Opportunity Policy Analyst Unemployment benefits are essential to the public safety net and provide critical …
um.asp. 3 https://tcf.org/content/data/unemployment-insurance-and-racial-equity-explorer/. 4 States with … corporations and their workers finance the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, which covers unemployment benefits … Shierholz, and William Spriggs. 2021. Reforming Unemployment Insurance: Stabilizing a System in Crisis and Laying …
IDOS: German Institute of Development and Sustainability · 23 May 2023 English
Environmental fiscal reforms can be used to both address climate change and social goals, with high potential also for development cooperation efforts. In particular, using carbon pricing revenues for social …
also address labour market effects through unemployment insurance and active labour market policies (re-skilling) …
IDOS: German Institute of Development and Sustainability · 23 May 2023 English
Environmental fiscal reforms can be used to both address climate change and social goals, with high potential also for development cooperation efforts. In particular, using carbon pricing revenues for social …
also address labour market effects through unemployment insurance and active labour market policies (re-skilling) …
World Bank Group · 22 May 2023
customs and financial data, and administrative data covering the universe of cash transfer, unemployment insurance, and training beneficiaries. Negative employment effects take over a decade to dissipate … scarring caused by selection (exit) and (revenue, employment and productivity) downsizing. Unemployment insurance and cash transfers yield limited wage loss replacement (6 percent). Training does not increase …
World Bank Group · 22 May 2023 English
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face the dual and interlinked challenge of lack of jobs and low quality of public services. Labor force participation rates, especially of women, are among the …
presence and generosity of govern- ment unemployment insurance programs and other transfers (Kuhn & Riddell …
Urban Institute · 22 May 2023 English
Jesse Lecy submitted written testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies regarding the impact of timely QCEW data for the nonprofit …
submitted by nearly all employers subject to unemployment insurance laws. The data encompass a wide range of …
World Bank Group · 21 May 2023 English
and monitor the related spending. The Unemployment Insurance (PA 8) not only strengthens the labor market’s … disparities. PA 8 promotes a permanent unemployment insurance to address the labor market vulnerabilities …
