Um die graphische Version (HTML) dieses E-Mails zu sehen, klicken Sie auf den folgenden Link, oder kopieren Sie ihn in Ihren Browser: < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/w.aspx?sub=mJGoD_3aMMx2&mid=ad515380 > Einladung: WIFO-Extern zum Thema "Lessons from the US Federal-state Unemployment Insurance System for a European Unemployment Benefits System" ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, das WIFO lädt Sie herzlich zum nächsten Termin der Vortragsreihe WIFO-Extern ein: Freitag, 17. Juni 2016, 13:15 Uhr WIFO, Kleiner Sitzungssaal Chris O'Leary, (W.E. Upjohn Institute) "Lessons from the US Federal-state Unemployment Insurance System for a European Unemployment Benefits System" Kommentar: Helmut Mahringer (WIFO) Abstract: The federal-state system of unemployment insurance (UI) in the USA was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 during the Great Depression. Under the programme, states provide temporary partial wage replacement to involuntarily unemployed workers with significant labour force attachment. The federal government induced states to establish adequate UI programmes through: 1. a uniform federal tax imposed on employer payrolls, with a 90 percent credit granted to employers in states operating approved UI programmes, and 2. grants to states to administer their programmes. The existing federal-state UI system is a delicate balance of power that is largely self-regulated by a built-in incentive structure. The system has evolved over 80 years into a collection of state programmes adapted to regional economic and cultural contexts, with each state following a common thread of purpose. The federal partner has used the tax credit lever, administrative grants, and other incentives to nudge state action in meeting steadily increasing programme standards. This paper reviews state practices concerning employer coverage, applicant eligibility, benefit generosity, and benefit financing, with the aim of revealing lessons for a possible European unemployment benefit system (EUBS). The evolution of federal conformity regulations is described, with particular attention to programme incentives influencing the behaviour of applicants, employers, and programme administrators. We will identify areas of risk for individual and institutional moral hazard in a multi-tiered UI system, and will give examples of monitoring methods and incentives offered to ameliorate risks. While the US system offers many positive lessons for an EUBS, several shortcomings can be seen in the US system. These also provide guidance for an emerging multi-tiered system in the EU. We describe guidelines for benefit access, adequacy, and financing that promote social coherency and minimise adverse incentives. We review elements of performance measurement and random audit; incentives for broadening access and forward funding of benefits, and procedures for centralised grants and loans to states in times of crisis. Taken together these can be seen as features essential to a sustainable EUBS. Bei Interesse am Besuch dieses Vortrages schicken Sie bitte (bis einen Tag vor der Veranstaltung) eine formlose Anmeldung an veranstaltungen@wifo.ac.at < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=mJGoD_3aMMx2&link=6gHr > , um uns die Abschätzung des Raumbedarfs zu erleichtern. Um diesen Vortrag in Ihren Kalender zu importieren, klicken Sie bitte hier < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=mJGoD_3aMMx2&link=6gHu&mid=ad515380 > . Wir würden uns freuen, Sie zu diesem Vortrag am WIFO begrüßen zu dürfen! 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