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Provisions of the welfare state: employment protection versus unemployment insurance - Michael Neugart
Author(s): Michael Neugart (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung - WZB)
Provisions of the welfare state: employment protection versus unemployment insurance - Michael Neugart 
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Employment protection and unemployment benefits are considered as the most prominent insurance devices for workers to protect themselves against the risk of unemployment. It occurs that societies either choose a high level of employment protection relative to unemployment benefits or vice versa. This paper explains where countries locate on this trade-off.
(European Economy. Economic Papers 279. May 2007.
Brussels. 23pp. Tab. Free.)
| KC-AI-07-279-EN-N (online) | |
| ISBN 978-92-79-04632-2 (online) | |
| ISSN 1725-3187 (online)
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