Long-term unemployment and short-term unemployment benefits: The changing nature of non-employment subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe

Boeri, Tito; Edwards, Scott A.

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“…The unemployment benefit schemes introduced in the first phase of the transition process were rather similar to the corporatist schemes existing on the continent of Europe, with earnings‐related benefits at levels and durations similar in size to the OECD average (for an overview, see Boeri, 1997; Boeri & Edwards, 1998; OECD, 1992; Vodopivec, Wörgötter & Raju, 2003). An important reason for this was that because unemployment was expected to have a relatively greater effect on high‐wage sectors (such as heavy industry and mining), governments were afraid that unions would oppose the lower benefits these workers would get under a flat‐rate or targeted regime.…”

Section: Unemployment Insurance In the Transition Countriesmentioning

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Social policy and health: transition countries in a comparative perspective

Ferrarini

Sjöberg

2010

Int J Soc Welfare

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T. Ferrarini, O. Sjöberg. Social policy and health: transition countries in a comparative perspective Int J Soc Welfare 2010: ••: ••–••© 2010 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and International Journal of Social Welfare. This article analyses the development and design of unemployment insurance and family policy benefits and their links to health outcomes in Estonia, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary from the mid‐1990s. Comparing these six transition countries with long‐standing welfare democracies reveals important similarities and differences in policy and health. Unemployment benefit schemes resemble corporatist schemes in important respects, however, with lower coverage and average benefits. Subjective wellbeing is also comparatively low among both employed and unemployed in the transition countries. Several transition countries have mixed family policy strategies that simultaneously support dual‐earner families and traditional gender roles. One clear exception is Slovenia, which has a highly developed dual‐earner support. Family policy generosity is related to lower rates of poverty, infant mortality and child injuries. The article demonstrates the fruitfulness of institutional analyses of the link between social policy and population health in a broader welfare state context.

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Section: Unemployment Insurance In the Transition Countriesmentioning

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Social policy and health: transition countries in a comparative perspective

Ferrarini

Sjöberg

2010

Int J Soc Welfare

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“…Boeri and Edwards (1998) show that between 1990 and 1995 social assistance, early retirement and disability pensions significantly increased as a percentage of the working population, while the unemployment benefits recipients diminished.…”

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“…These kinds of benefits were tailored to people already receiving UB and who were in the short‐term employment category. Furthermore, these subsidies had large adverse effects on the fiscal deficit due to their long‐lasting nature, as argued by Boeri and Edwards (1998) and Chadha and Coricelli (1994, 1995).…”

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Optimal speed of transition with a shrinking labour force and under uncertainty*

Bruno¹

2006

Economics of Transition

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In the 1990s -during the restructuring of large state enterprises -Central European economies experienced high unemployment. Social policy expenditures, particularly targeted to the non-employed, grew faster than expected due to the need to finance the out-of-the-labour categories. In 1992, after the Passive Labour Market Policies' reforms, the pace of transition decelerated. Unemployment dynamics, speed of transition and non-employment policies are modelled based on the assumption that the labour force is shrinking over time. Dismissed workers have the opportunity to choose an outside-option alternative to labour force participation. Individual uncertainty is assumed in a first phase of transition, while aggregate uncertainty -generating opposition to restructuring -is modelled in a second phase. The model predicts a slowdown in the speed of transition.JEL classifications : J41, H53, P26.

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Arbeitslosigkeit und Arbeitsmarktsituation

Nykänen¹

2001

Arbeitslosigkeit Und Strukturwandel in Osteuropa

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Long-term unemployment and short-term unemployment benefits: The changing nature of non-employment subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Social policy and health: transition countries in a comparative perspective

Social policy and health: transition countries in a comparative perspective

Optimal speed of transition with a shrinking labour force and under uncertainty*

Arbeitslosigkeit und Arbeitsmarktsituation

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