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2016 | 19 | 3 | 133-145

Article title

The Canadian Unemployment Insurance Generosity: Reflections From A Comparative Analysis

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Content

Title variants

Hojność kanadyjskiego systemu ubezpieczeń na wypadek bezrobocia: wnioski z analizy porównawczej

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EN

Abstracts

EN
The unemployment compensation system is at the centre of the current economic and political debate in many Western countries which, under the effects of the increase in public debt, must decide the level of their unemployment insurance while taking into account its impact on the performance of the labour market. In this article, we compare the generosity of such public policy in France and in Canada, while focusing on the experience of central and eastern Europe. By building a composite index, we show that the French unemployment insurance is more generous only in pecuniary terms, and not in its qualitative dimension.
PL
System kompensacji bezrobocia znajduje się w centrum bieżącej debaty ekonomicznej i politycznej w większości krajów zachodnich. Wzrost długu publicznego zmusza te państwa do podjęcia decyzji politycznych dotyczących poziomu ubezpieczeń na wypadek bezrobocia, przy jednoczesnym uwzględnieniu jego wpływu na sytuację na rynku pracy. W tym artykule porównujemy hojność polityki państwa w tym zakresie we Francji i w Kanadzie, jednocześnie skupiając się na doświadczeniach Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej. Konstruując wskaźnik złożony pokazujemy, że francuski system ubezpieczenia na wypadek bezrobocia jest bardziej hojny tylko w ujęciu finansowym, ale nie w wymiarze jakościowym.

Year

Volume

19

Issue

3

Pages

133-145

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Dates

published
2016-09-30

Contributors

author
  • University of Quebec, Department of Industrial and Labour Relations

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Publication order reference

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