Common unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area : Cost of Non-Europe Report

The European Parliament has called for a 'social dimension' to the Economic and Monetary Union to tackle unemployment and restore growth following the recent economic crisis. Among various alternative options, automatic stabilisers could potentially be means of stabilising the Eurozone, while at the same time addressing social problems associated with the financial crisis.

This Cost of Non-Europe report explores the prospects for introducing an automatic stabilizer in the form of an Unemployment Insurance Scheme for the euro area, which will provide the monetary union with greater stability in the medium and long term. It builds on two research papers commissioned for the purpose, which are included as annexes.

Analysis of its potential benefits, had it existed during the recent crisis, shows that such a scheme would have reduced the fall in GDP in the most affected Member States by €71bn in the period between 2009 and 2012.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

European Commission: SEC (1988)524: Europe 1992: the overall challenge [summary of the Cecchini report] (via AEI) http://aei.pitt.edu/3813/

AEI: Find the original 16 reports of the 'Research on the 'Cost of Non-Europe' (Cecchini Report), 1988 through the Archive of European Integration (add 'Research on the 'Cost of Non-Europe' in Title field) http://aei.pitt.edu/cgi/search/advanced

Blog: EU: EPRS, 10.10.14: Common unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area : Cost of Non-Europe Report http://epthinktank.eu/2014/10/10/common-unemployment-insurance-scheme-for-the-euro-area-cost-of-non-europe-report/

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