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US: COVID-19 patients could qualify for unemployment benefits in Illinois | United States | Ill. (KWQC) (11.03.2020) - Officials in Illinois say those unemployed due to COVID-19 can "generally qualify for unemployment benefits to the full extent permitted by federal law." Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Wednesday they'll take… |
Unemployment, Shocks & extreme events | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/COVID-19-patients-could-qualify-for-unemploym… | rruggia | |||
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) | United States | Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) En español An outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) has been identified starting in Wuhan, China. There is no evidence of widespread transmission of COVID-19 in California at this time. While investigations to learn more about the… |
Medical care, Unemployment, Shocks & extreme events | covid19 | https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm | rruggia | ||||
Coronavirus and Unemployment Insurance Benefits | Office of Unemployment Insurance Operations | Ohio Department of Job and Family Services | United States | Coronavirus and Unemployment Insurance Benefits Questions and Answers Question 1: Will workers qualify for unemployment benefits if the coronavirus (COVID-19) causes an employer to shut down operations? Answer: Ohio unemployment benefits are available to individuals who are… |
Unemployment | covid19 | http://jfs.ohio.gov/ouio/CoronavirusAndUI.stm | rruggia | ||||
España :Coronavirus: Escrivá anuncia una prestación extraordinaria para los padres que tengan que cuidar a sus hijos | spain | elpais.com (11.03.2020)El Gobierno aprobará hoy varias medidas del plan de choque para amortiguar el impacto económico de la crisis provocada por la pandemia. La más clara será la creación de una prestación que pagará la Seguridad Social para los padres que tengan que cuidar a sus hijos durante… |
Family benefits | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://elpais.com/economia/2020-03-11/escriva-anuncia-una-prestacion-extraordi… | rruggia | |||
El Gobierno facilitará el acceso al desempleo a los autónomos perjudicados por el Covid-19 | spain | 12/03/2020 05:00 Los autónomos son “el eslabón más débil de la cadena productiva”, explica Lorenzo Amor, presidente de ATA. Ellos son quienes más sufren por la caída de la demanda o el cierre de los mercados de crédito, ya que no cuentan con margen para adaptarse. De ahí que vayan a ser… |
Unemployment | covid19, self-employed | Proposition_SS_Monitor | https://www.elconfidencial.com/economia/2020-03-12/desempleo-autonomos-cese-act… | rruggia | |||
Paid to Stay Home: Europe’s Safety Net Could Ease Toll of Coronavirus | Europe | nytimes.com (06.03.2020) Europe’s social policies are sometimes seen as overly generous. Yet they may help cushion the economic impact of the virus |
Shocks & extreme events | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/business/europe-coronavirus-labor-help.html | pmassetti | |||
7 top things to know about coronavirus today | weforum.org (09.03.2020) Top stories include updates from the World Health Organisation, lessons from an outbreak simulation and first-hand accounts from doctors in Italy. |
Shocks & extreme events | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/who-briefing-and-other-key-coronavirus-n… | pmassetti | ||||
Coronavirus : la protection sociale en Europe, un vaccin contre la récession | Europe | courrierinternational.com - NYT (07.03.2020) Alors que partout dans le monde, l’épidémie de Covid-19 est à l’origine d’un ralentissement économique, le Vieux Continent pourrait être moins durement frappé, avance le New York Times. La raison ? La générosité des systèmes de… |
Shocks & extreme events | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/vu-des-etats-unis-coronavirus-la-… | pmassetti | |||
Italy faces existential threat over low birthrate, president warns | italy | euractiv.com (12.02.2020) Italy’s future is threatened by its diminishing birthrate, President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday (11 February), as new data showed the population had shrunk once again in 2019. |
Children | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/italy-faces-existential-thre… | pmassetti | ||||
Cash for babies: How Europe is tackling its falling birthrate | Europe | World Economic Forum (27.02.2020) Europe is the continent with the oldest population. This is creating problems for healthcare and pensions. But some countries are taking action to encourage more people to have children. |
Children | family | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/europe-ageing-population-migration-birth… | pmassetti | |||
How Japan and Singapore are reinventing old age | japan, singapore | World Economic Forum (18.02.2020) A new demographic dividend – the “longevity dividend” – is emerging as populations age. |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/what-are-japan-and-singapore-doing-about… | pmassetti | |||||
Ireland: The State pension 'mess': Can we afford to roll back on the pension age? | ireland | thejournal.ie (22.01.2020) The pension age increase has been a long time coming, and has caught the government and the media off-guard in how it’s led the election debate this week. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.thejournal.ie/pensions-explainer-4975280-Jan2020/ | pmassetti | ||||
High-risk Artificial Intelligence to be ‘certified, tested and controlled,’ Commission says | european union | EURACTIV.com (19.02.2020) Artificial Intelligence technologies carrying a high-risk of abuse that could potentially lead to an erosion of fundamental rights will be subjected to a series of new requirements, the European Commission announced on Wednesday (19 February). |
Information and communication technology | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/high-risk-artificial-intelligence… | pmassetti | ||||
Alaska Permanent Fund: A basic income is causing parents to have more kids | United States | Vox (07.02.2020) Alaska’s small basic income is causing parents to have more kids. |
Children, Social assistance | universal-basic-income | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/7/21125303/alaska-basic-income-birth-… | pmassetti | |||
Canada: Télémédecine privée: une brèche dans le système public? | canada | lapresse.ca (17.02.2020) Consulter un médecin par vidéo, à quelques heures de préavis. Des centaines de milliers de Canadiens ont désormais accès à ces services alors que les régimes d’assurances médicales de groupe couvrent de plus en plus la télémédecine privée. Une nouvelle brèche… |
Medical care | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/202001/22/01-5257901-telemedecine-priv… | pmassetti | ||||
French reforms: Why France is resisting Macron's push on pensions | france | BBC News (17.02.2020) President Emmanuel Macron's bid to radically overhaul the post-war pension system reaches the National Assembly on Monday, ahead of a long period of debate. |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51502427 | pmassetti | ||||
Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules | netherlands | The Guardian (05.02.2020) A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates human rights, in a judgment likely to resonate well beyond the Netherlands. |
artificial intelligence | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/welfare-surveillance-system-… | pmassetti | ||||
Philippines: Lawmakers call for passage of 'gig economy' measures | philippines, the | businessmirror.com.ph (13.02.2020) AS the country’s so-called gig economy industry continues to rise, lawmakers are pushing for measures to protect freelance workers by establishing a basic regulatory framework to enable them to anticipate challenges ahead. |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/02/13/lawmakers-call-for-passage-of-gig-econ… | pmassetti | |||||
La sécurité sociale face au défi climatique | L'Echo (10.02.2020) Peut-on penser sérieusement qu’une réflexion fondamentale sur le financement et l’accessibilité de la sécurité sociale pourra faire l’économie de son inscription dans une transition climatique à engager d’urgence? Peut-on découpler ces deux projets politiques? |
climate change | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lecho.be/opinions/carte-blanche/la-securite-sociale-face-au-defi-cl… | pmassetti | |||||
The number of older workers is increasing fast, yet they face growing age discrimination | LSE Business Review (05.02.2020) Older women are more likely to be rejected for jobs than older men, and less likely to be called for another interview than women under 45, writes Allyson Zimmermann |
gender_and_inequality | Published_SS_Monitor | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2020/02/05/the-number-of-older-workers-i… | pmassetti | |||||
The digital nudge in social security administration - Gregor - 2016 - International Social Security Review - Wiley Online Library | The concept of nudge theory, from the fields of behavioural science, political theory and behavioural economics, has sparked government initiatives yielding significant public value. A nudge is a method for predictably altering behaviour without restricting consumer choice options or… |
Service quality | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/issr.12111 | rruggia | ||||||
Governance and social security: Moving forward on the ISSA good governance guidelines - Musalem - 2011 - International Social Security Review - Wiley Online Library | Governments in many countries are redefining policies and strategies in order to respond to the profound and growing social security needs of their citizens. Good governance in social security administration is indispensable to achieve the desired results because new policies and strategies can… |
Governance and administration | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-246X.2011.01409.x | rruggia | ||||||
Why the number of self-employed people in Germany is rising | The Local (30.01.2020) Companies are increasingly outsourcing services, and as a result the number of self-employed workers in Germany has risen sharply. Many are learning that working one job is just not enough. |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.thelocal.de/20200130/entrepreneur-or-employee-hundreds-of-thousands… | pmassetti | ||||||
Social protection in Latin America: One region two systems | latin america | socialprotection.org (23.01.2020) Social protection systems in Latin America have experienced deep structural change in the last two decades. Policies, programmes and institutions directed at population groups characterised by low incomes and informal employment have emerged across the region.… |
Social policies & programmes | Published_SS_Monitor | https://socialprotection.org/discover/blog/social-protection-latin-america-one-… | pmassetti | ||||
Reaching universal health coverage: a political economy review of trends across 49 countries | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Dec 2019 . This paper aims to understand why and how countries provide health coverage, particularly to left-behind groups. To address these questions, we identified 49 geographically, economically and culturally diverse countries that have either… |
universal health care | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.odi.org/publications/16508-reaching-universal-health-coverage-polit… | pmassetti |