Monday, December 6, 2021
When Minister of Finance Grant Robertson announced in this year’s budget that his government was developing a social unemployment insurance scheme, people could have been forgiven for seeing this as largely positive.
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Thursday, October 7, 2021
South Africa spends more on social assistance than most other countries globally, but this aid is still not available to a large share of the working-age members of its population, given unemployment benefits are available only to people who work in the...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of people would be guaranteed up to 80% of their earnings for a maximum of six months if they lose their job, under furlough-style proposals to overhaul the current unemployment benefit system. Under the proposed scheme, people who...
Monday, August 30, 2021
In this post, Sherwin Gabriel and colleagues present results from modeling the economic effects of short-term social protection measures in South Africa, especially targeted at lower income households, in the face of new waves of infection and pressure...
Monday, August 16, 2021
The short answer is “Very Important”. The purpose of this study was to answer two research questions. First, what was the impact of participation in South Carolina’s Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) programme, Family Independence...
Sunday, August 1, 2021
The basic income grant debate has been rumbling in South Africa for two decades, ever since the grant was recommended by the Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehensive System of Social Security for South Africa in 2002. The reintroduction of the...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
St. Kitts and Nevis is implementing another round of income support for residents who became redundant in March 2020 and remain unemployed because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris announced the $15 million, 2021 Income...
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America, Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
States that have terminated pandemic unemployment benefits early can restart the programs, but there may be a break in payments for some laid-off Americans, the Biden administration said Monday.
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
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Cuando las crisis ocurren en los países estables, sus efectos se disipan rápidamente. Este no sería el caso...
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America, Brazil, Chile, Mexico
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Possibly even more than a public health crisis, Covid-19 is an economic crisis manifested most severely in the labour market. In the face of the pandemic, the structure of the labour market typifies the extreme vulnerability of workers in India. With...