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Long-term unemployment, unemployment benefits and social assistance: The Polish experience

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Marek GÕra () (Warsaw School of Economics, Niepodleglosci 162, PL-Warsaw 02-554, Poland)
Christoph M. Schmidt () (AWI, University of Heidelberg, Grabengasse 14, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

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This paper provides a comprehensive account of the regulations governing the systems of unemployment support and social assistance in post-communist Poland. To provide a solid foundation for a further discussion of these issues, the paper extensively characterizes the Polish labor force in terms of the prevalence and duration of unemployment. A final aspect of our empirical analysis concerned the question of what are the main sources of personal income for labor force participants, unemployed workers and long-term unemployed workers. In conclusion, we argue for a reform of the Polish systems of income support that separates the objectives of employment growth and poverty alleviation, and that improves upon the implementation of support schemes.

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Empirical Economics.

Volume (Year): 23 (1998)
Issue (Month): 1/2 ()
Pages: 55-85
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Keywords: Transition economies · unemployment structure · unemployment insurance;

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J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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  8. Jochen Kluve & Hartmut Lehmann & Christoph M. Schmidt, 2002. "Disentangling Treatment Effects of Polish Active Labor Market Policies: Evidence from Matched Samples," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 447, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Elena Bardasi & Ana Lasaosa & John Micklewright & Gyula Nagy, 1999. "Measuring the Generosity of Unemployment Benefit Systems: Evidence from Hungary and elsewhere in Central Europe," Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market 9908, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. [Downloadable!]
  10. Christopher J. O'Leary, 1999. "Promoting Self Employment Among the Unemployed in Hungary and Poland," Staff Working Papers 99-55, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  11. J. Kluve & H. Lehmann & C. M. Schmidt, 2007. "Disentangling Treatment Effects of Active Labor Market Policies: The Role of Labor Force Status Sequences," Working Papers 620, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna. [Downloadable!]
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