title: Financing Estonia's unemployment insurance system: problems and prospects.
abstract: In recent years, favorable media coverage of the glowing employment situation in the United States has been the norm. History, for one, won't permit us, however, to become complacent with what appears on the books to be a rosy economic picture for the nation. Moreover, the mounting recognition that the U.S. economy is inextricably tied to those of other nations--large and small--serves to keep us vigilant. This paper allows us a comparative exploration of the employment conditions in Estonia and the problems and prospects of financing its unemployment insurance program.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Narva Rd. 4, Economicum, Tartu 50404, Estonia. tpaas@mtk.ut.ee
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paas
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Scannell
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004957:Estonia; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D006078:Government Programs / Q000191:economics*; D006798:Housing / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008483:Medical Assistance; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010415:Pensions; D011057:Politics; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics*; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States