Unemployment. Introduction year of first federal law.
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| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Date |
| Scale | Date |
| Value labels | Not applicable |
| Technical name | labor_unemp_firstlaw |
| Category | Labour and labour market |
| Label | Unemployment insurance introduction of first federal law |
| Related indicators | |
The year of introduction of the first unemployment insurance by a national government that applied to all blue-collar, industrial workers (e.g., miners, railroad workers).
Coding rules
Missing values indicate that the country has not adopted national unemployment insurance legislation.
Bibliographic info
Citation: still waiting on technical paper
- Obinger, Herbert, and Carina Schmitt. 2020. “Total war and the emergence of unemployment insurance in western countries.” Journal of European Public Policy 27 (12): 1879–1901.
Misc
Project manager(s): Herbert Obinger, Carina Schmitt and Laura Seelkopf
- Version 0.001: Initial release
- Version 0.002: New countries added
- Version 0.003: Fixed a wrong introduction date for Slovenia
Revisions: No revisions yet
