Unemployment insurance
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How can governments fund unemployment insurance in low-income settings?
Unemployment insurance (UI) in Senegal can provide significant welfare gains, but given high levels of informality and a lack of transparency about workers’ status, these gains depend on programme design. UI funded through payroll taxes is effective ...
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Informal labour markets and rent-extraction from the unemployment insurance system: Evidence from Brazil
When eligible for unemployment benefits, workers and firms make strategic layoffs in the presence of informal labour markets
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The impacts of parental job loss and job insurance policies on children: Evidence from Brazil
Parental job loss has significant negative effects on children, which can be partly mitigated by access to unemployment insurance
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Job losses, unemployment benefits and domestic violence: Evidence from Brazil
Job losses, through reduced income and increased exposure, lead to substantial increases in domestic violence against women which are not mitigated by unemployment benefits
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Job loss and crime in Brazil
After mass layoffs criminal prosecutions increase for displaced workers, but eligibility for unemployment benefits offsets this effect
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The value of job displacement insurance programmes in developing countries: Evidence from Brazil
Income support for laid-off formal workers can be beneficial even in countries with high informality, but how the benefits are disbursed matters
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Unemployment benefits or severance pay?
What are the trade-offs between unemployment benefits and severance pay?