- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Union Membership
- 3 Wage Bargaining, Union Power, and Economic Integration
- 4 Wider Dimensions of Unions' Presence
- 5 Bargaining Structure and Macroeconomic Performance
- 6 The Future Prospects for Trade Unions in Europe
- Comments
- Part II What Do Unions Do to the Welfare States?
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Unions' Involvement in the Welfare State
- 3 Unions and Pensions: Theory, Evidence, and Implications
- 4 Learning from Welfare Reforms: The Case of Public Pensions
- 5 Unions and Unemployment Insurance
- 6 Conclusions
- Appendix Unions and Benefits: A Simple Analytical Framework
- Comments
- References
- Final Remarks
- Index
Unions and Unemployment Insurance
Unions and Unemployment Insurance
- Chapter:
- (p.234) 5 Unions and Unemployment Insurance
- Source:
- The Role of Unions in the Twenty-first Century
- Author(s):
Tito Boeri (Contributor Webpage)
Agar Brugiavini
Lars Calmfors (Contributor Webpage)
Alison Booth
Michael Burda (Contributor Webpage)
Daniele Checchi
Bernhard Ebbinghaus (Contributor Webpage)
Richard Freeman
Pietro Garibaldi (Contributor Webpage)
Bertil Holmlund
Robin Naylor
Martin Schludi
Thierry Verdier
Jelle Visser (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Differences in unionization rates across countries appear to be related to how unemployment insurance is organized in different countries. The chapter presents the involvement of unions in the provision of unemployment insurance, highlighting theoretical considerations, policy arguments, and empirical evidence in favour of a particular unemployment insurance arrangement known as the ‘Ghent regime’.
Keywords: Ghent regime, unemployment insurance, unionization rates, unions
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Union Membership
- 3 Wage Bargaining, Union Power, and Economic Integration
- 4 Wider Dimensions of Unions' Presence
- 5 Bargaining Structure and Macroeconomic Performance
- 6 The Future Prospects for Trade Unions in Europe
- Comments
- Part II What Do Unions Do to the Welfare States?
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Unions' Involvement in the Welfare State
- 3 Unions and Pensions: Theory, Evidence, and Implications
- 4 Learning from Welfare Reforms: The Case of Public Pensions
- 5 Unions and Unemployment Insurance
- 6 Conclusions
- Appendix Unions and Benefits: A Simple Analytical Framework
- Comments
- References
- Final Remarks
- Index