The Economics of Unemployment Insurance

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-39092-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Employment and Unemployment

First published in 1969. This book analyses the role of Unemployment Insurance in a high-employment economy. It emphasises the social requirements of an income-maintenance scheme in the context of various economic policies, particularly government intervention in the labour market. The authors discuss other related problems including the relationship between Unemployment Insurance and redundancy compensation and the question of selectivity in social security.

This book provides a case study in a field bordering labour economics, public finance and social policy and will be useful as a textbook for both economists and sociologists, illustrating the relevance of economic analysis to social welfare policy. It offers comparisons of Unemployment Insurance in several European countries with the British scheme and in their final chapter the authors make important suggestions for policy changes in the structure of British Unemployment Insurance and in social security generally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hauser, Mark M.

Burrows, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Versicherungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Alan T. Peacock; Introduction; 1. Framework for the Examination of Unemployment Insurance 2. The Alleviation of Hardship 3. Unemployment Insurance and National Output 4. Unemployment Insurance and Stabilisation 5. Further Problems in Unemployment Insurance 6. Conclusions; Appendix; List of Works Cited; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mark M. Hauser, Paul Burrows