[Opinion] France: Pour des assurances chômage complémentaires

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Les Echos (19.06.2017) L’étatisation de l’Unédic, souhaitée par Emmanuel Macron, permettrait de repenser la distinction entre solidarité et assurance. Les complémentaires chômage seraient un aboutissement naturel de cette réforme.

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Elternzeit - Immer mehr Väter in Deutschland beziehen Elterngeld

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Spiegel Online (Immer mehr Väter in Deutschland beziehen Elterngeld. Ihre Zahl stieg 2016 um fast zwölf Prozent auf rund 365.000. Das geht aus der am Dienstag veröffentlichten Erhebung des Statistischen Bundesamtes hervor. Die Zahl der Mütter, die die Leistung erhielten, legte um gut drei Prozent zu auf etwa 1,28 Millionen.

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germany
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CEPAL: envejecimiento provocará caída de la población de América Latina y el Caribe hacia 2060

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CEPAL (22.06.2017) En el décimo capítulo del programa “Horizontes CEPAL” el Director del Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE), Paulo Saad, profundizó en los desafíos que enfrenta la región, que en 25 años pasó de ser joven a madura.

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latin america
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Old-age pensions

5 ways we effectively engaged the Myanmar Government with ageing and social protection policy

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HelpAge International (30.06.2017) June is an exciting month for us here in Myanmar. All older people over the age of 90 are now eligible to receive 10,000 Burmese kyat (around US$7) per month from a new universal social pension - the first of its kind in the country. For a lower middle income country where social protection has historically been very limited, this is a major achievement.

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myanmar
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Extension of coverage
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Nigeria Rolls Out $2 Billion Brazil-Like Social-Welfare Plan

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Bloomberg (22.06.2017) Nigeria is rolling out its first national social-welfare program modeled partly on Brazil’s Bolsa Familia in a bid to boost a weak economy and curb poverty by giving cash to its poorest citizens and ensuring their children go to school.

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Así funciona la FP dual en Alemania, su fórmula mágica contra el paro juvenil

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El País (03.07.2017) Millón y medio de jóvenes estudian una profesión y trabajan a la vez, cobrando entre 400 y 1.000 euros. Las empresas no reciben ningún tipo de incentivo e incorporan al 66% de sus aprendices a sus plantillas

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germany
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Employment of young workers