Unemployment Registration and Benefits in ECA Countries

Public Employment Services (PES) in several Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are severely limited by underfunded labor market programs, understaffing, and fragmented networks of employment offices. Cash benefits and other entitlements like health insurance often act as incentives to job seekers to register with PES. However, such benefits can and often do encourage unemployment registration by economically inactive individuals. Registered unemployment exceeds survey based unemployment rates in about half of ECA countries (mostly Central Europe and Western Balkans). Registered unemployment is much lower than survey-based unemployment in the Baltic States and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, primarily due to low access to unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMPs). The numbers of unemployment assistance beneficiaries vary significantly across ECA. In 2009, for example, 85 percent of the registered unemployed in Russia received benefits but, in eight ECA countries, less than 10 percent of the registered unemployed received such assistance.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kuddo, Arvo
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-04
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, COMPENSATION, DISABILITY, DISMISSAL, EARLY RETIREMENT, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, EMPLOYMENT OFFICES, EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION, EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, FEMALES, GDP, HEALTH INSURANCE, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, JOB COUNSELING, JOB OFFERS, JOB SEARCH, JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE, JOB SEEKERS, JOB TENURE, JOB VACANCIES, JOBS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, LABOR MARKET POLICY, LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, LAYOFFS, LEGISLATION, MATERNITY LEAVE, MINIMUM WAGE, PENSION, PENSIONS, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, RESIDENCE, SANCTIONS, SEVERANCE PAY, SICK LEAVE, STATE - OWNED ENTERPRISES, TERMINATION, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL, UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, UNEMPLOYED PERSON, UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, UNEMPLOYED WORKERS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFICIARIES, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, WAGE SUBSIDIES, WAGES, WILL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/04/14288122/unemployment-registration-benefits-eca-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10101
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