The Newly Unemployed and the UIF Take-up Rate : Implications for the Wage Subsidy Proposal in South Africa

This paper investigates the take-up rate or claim-waiting period rate of the unemployed under the South African Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) system. The goal is to identify disincentive effects that income replacement rates (IRR) and accumulat...

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Main Authors:	Bhorat, Haroon, Tseng, David
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ADVERSE INCENTIVE EFFECTS AGE GROUP ALLOCATION ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AMOUNT OF CREDITS APR ASSETS BARGAINING BORROWING BUDGET CONSTRAINT CLAIM CLAIMANT CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT CLIMATE COLLUSION CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CREATING JOB CREDITS DEPENDENT DISMISSAL EARNING ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC STATISTICS EFFICIENCY GAINS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EMPLOYMENT RETENTION EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT FINANCIAL CRISIS FINDING JOBS GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GROWTH RATE HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INSOLVENCIES INSOLVENCY INSURANCE CLAIMS INSURANCE POLICIES INSURANCE SCHEME INSURANCE SYSTEMS JOB CREATION JOB LOSSES JOB MARKET JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR DEMAND LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET EFFICIENCY LABOUR MARKETS LABOUR RELATIONS LABOUR STANDARDS LABOUR SUPPLY LIQUIDITY MALE WORKER MORAL HAZARD MOTIVATION NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES NEGOTIATIONS OLDER WORKERS PENALTY PERMANENT INCOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRINCIPAL AGENT PROBLEM PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PROFIT MARGIN PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL PUBLIC ECONOMICS RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT REEMPLOYMENT SUCCESS RELATED CLAIMS RESIGNATION RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RISK SHARING SAFETY SAFETY NET SALARY SECONDARY SCHOOLING SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL COSTS STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS SURVIVAL ANALYSIS SURVIVAL RATE TRUST FUND UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL VOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE GAIN WAGE LEVELS WAGE RATES WAGE SUBSIDY WAGE SUBSIDY INTERVENTION WAGE SUBSIDY SCHEME WELFARE SYSTEM WORKER WORKING POOR YOUNG WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
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The Newly Unemployed and the UIF Take-up Rate : Implications for the Wage Subsidy Proposal in South Africa

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