Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64894 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM4/10
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
As unemployment rises across the European Union (EU) it is important to understand the extent to which the incomes of the new unemployed are protected by tax-benefit systems and to assess the cost pressures on the social protection systems of this increase in unemployment. This paper uses the EU tax-benefit model EUROMOD to explore these issues, comparing effects in five EU countries. It provides evidence on the differing degrees of resilience of the household incomes of the newly unemployed due to the variations in the protection offered by the tax-benefit systems, according to whether unemployment benefit is payable, the household situation of the unemployed person, and across countries.
Subjects: 
unemployment
European Union
household income
microsimulation
JEL: 
C81
H55
I3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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