Reconnecting to Work: Policies to Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment and Its Consequences

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169 Index The italic letters f, n, and t following a page number indicate that the subject information of the heading is within a figure, note, or table, respectively, on that page. Active labor market policies (ALMPs), 56, 163 Denmark and, 44–45, 45f, 48, 54, 59n10 EU, to reintegrate unemployed into employment, 10, 151t, 160t income support dependent on participation in, 150–151 ALMPs. See Active labor market policies Arizona, STC requirements in, 131t, 133–134, 135t Arkansas, STC requirements in, 131t, 133–134, 135t Asia. See China; Japan Australia, 45f, 46f, 47f EPL in, 46, 48f unemployment in, 38f, 40, 41f Austria, 45f, 46f, 48f, 146 employment in, 140, 141f, 142t, 153t LMPs of, 154t, 155, 156t, 157, 158t–159t STW in, 52f, 147, 148t unemployment in, 38f, 40, 41f, 140, 140f, 151t welfare system model in, 157, 161– 163 well-established social partnerships in, 143, 148t Bank bailouts, x Belgium, 45f, 47f, 146 employment in, 140, 141f, 142t EPL in, 48f, 162t LMPs of, 154t, 155, 156t, 157, 158t–159t STC in, 10, 52f, 120, 123–125, 124t STW in, 52f, 147, 148t UI in, 46f, 123 unemployment in, 38f, 40, 41f, 140, 140f, 151t welfare system model in, 157, 161– 163 well-established social partnerships in, 143, 148t Berkeley Planning Associates, STC study by, 127, 130n12 Born, Brooksley, envisioned film role for, xiii Brazil, reversing income inequality in, xiv–xv Brown, Sen. Sherrod, 128 Bulgaria employment in, 141f, 142t, 146 LMPs of, 154t, 156t, 158t–159t unemployment in, 140f, 151t Bush, Pres. George H.W., administration, xi California STC requirements in, 131t, 133–134, 135t unemployment trend in, 117, 117t, 135t Canada, 45f, 47f EPL in, 46, 48f STC in, 10, 52f, 120, 121, 124–125, 124t, 130n7 UI in, 46f, 130n7 unemployment in, 38f, 40, 41f Cayman Islands, as tax haven, xiii China, reversing income inequality in, xv Clinton, Pres. William J., administration, xiii Collective bargaining agreements, 53, 57, 143 OECD countries with, 45, 47f, 120 Connecticut, STC requirements in, 116, 130n3, 131t, 133–134, 135t Corporate policy flexible work-time arrangements as, 28, 29–30 170 Appelbaum Corporate policy, cont. government cooperation as, 95–96, 98 recessions and, xiv, 7, 28, 29–30, 54 See also Employers Credit, layoff prevention and, 18 Cyprus employment in, 141f, 142t LMPs of, 154t, 156t, 158t–159t unemployment in, 140f, 151t Czech Republic employment in, 141f, 142t EPL in, 146, 162t LMPs of, 154t, 156t, 158t–159t unemployment in, 140f, 147, 151t Denmark ALMPs in, 44–45, 45f, 48, 54, 59n10 employment in, 47–49, 50f, 52f, 141f, 142t EPL in, 44, 45–46, 48f, 162t flexicurity in, 157, 160t, 161 LMPs of, 8, 43–50, 56, 58, 154t, 156t, 158t–159t UI in, 43, 44, 45, 46f, 59n9, 59n11, 161 unemployment in, 38f, 39, 40–41, 41f, 43, 46–47, 49f, 51, 139, 140f, 151t workforce with collective bargaining agreements in, 45, 47f Derivatives market, ix–x, xiii Disability insurance, layoffs and, 20 Durbin, Sen. Richard, 128 Economic growth, xiv, 2, 6 work-sharing policies and, xv, 9–10 Educational achievement, 3, 5–6, 19, 21 Employers policies to increase hiring by, 9, 95–96 recession responses by, 7, 18, 122 STC by, 9–10, 53, 53t, 120, 148–149, 164 as UI claims agent, 115, 126, 130n11 Employment reemployment after nonemployment, 21, 63, 146, 150 reintegrating unemployed into, 10, 20–21 restoration of full, xiv–xv, xvi, 7–8 stabilizing, with STC, 113–135 See also under names of countries, regions or states Employment protection legislation (EPL) flexicurity and, 157, 160t, 161 as labor market rigidity, 42–43, 57 in OECD 2008 countries, 45–46, 48f, 56, 162t Employment services public and private, 146, 152–153, 153t, 160t social service agencies as, 9, 95–96 EPL. See Employment protection legislation Estonia, 162t employment in, 139, 141f, 142t, 153t LMPs of, 154t, 156t, 158t–159t unemployment in, 139, 140f, 151t EU member states. See European Union European Central Bank, interest rates and, 39 European Union (EU), 10, 162t employment in, 138, 139, 141f, 142t GDP in, 138, 142t LMPs of, 137, 154t, 155–157, 156t, 158t–159t, 160t, 163–165, 165n1 unemployment in, 138–139, 140f, 154t, 156t See also names of individual member states, e.g., Belgium Family income of job losers children and, 3–4, 17, 20, 27–28 Federal Reserve Board, interest rates and, 38–39 Financial health, 21 post–job loss, of workers, 3, 5, 17, 18 recessionary earnings losses and, 19–20...