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- Title
Análisis del seguro de desempleo en Uruguay y discusión de propuestas para su modificación.
- Authors
Amarante, Verónica; Bucheli, Marisa
- Abstract
Unemployment insurance are contributive benefits aimed at providing temporary support to workers, with three basic objectives: allowing the worker to find a job suitable to his skills, smoothing the decline in aggregate expenditure during recessions through the stabilization of income and consumption, and reducing workers' resistance to productive restructure. The consideration of international experience shows that, besides differences in program design, the kind of problems associated to unemployment benefits tend to repeat in different countries. In general terms, unemployment insurance benefits can generate abusive behavior both from workers and employers. This article reviews the weaknesses of the current uruguayan unemployment insurance program. We present statistics and discuss the extent to which the program is generating negative incentives. Finally we consider possible modifications to improve the current design of the program.
- Subjects
URUGUAY; UNEMPLOYMENT insurance; INCOME maintenance programs; SUPPLEMENTAL unemployment benefits; UNEMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYERS
- Publication
Cuadernos del CLAEH, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 96/97, p175
- ISSN
0797-6062
- Publication type
Article