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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786053803321

Autore

Beenstock Michael <1946-, >

Titolo

Insurance for unemployment / / Michael Beenstock and Valerie Brasse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-62574-7

1-299-06749-2

0-203-80228-4

1-136-62575-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

BrasseValerie

Disciplina

368.4400941

Soggetti

Unemployment insurance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1986 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Insurance for Unemployment; Title Page; Copyright Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Political Economy of Unemployment Insurance; CHAPTER 2 Unemployment Insurance in Nineteenth-Century Britain; CHAPTER 3 The Theory of Unemployment Insurance Pricing; CHAPTER 4 Competitive Pricing of Unemployment Insurance in Britain; CHAPTER 5 Contemporary Unemployment Insurance Policies; CHAPTER 6 Policy Analysis; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1986, Insurance for Unemployment proposes a radical approach to the reform of unemployment and social insurance. The book develops the ethical, economic and actuarial case for the proposed reforms, whereby the individual pays the contributions which reflect the unemployment risk that he wishes to insure. Such ideas provide a libertarian alternative to the social security systems that have been adopted by most countries in the world based on Beveridge's conception of social insurance, and the book provides an original basis for privatising unemployment insurance.