Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractData on the strictness of activity-related eligibility criteria for recipients of unemployment and related benefits: the strictness of job-search and monitoring procedures, work-availability requirements and suitable job criteria and sanctions for benefit claimants. The data include information for first and lower tier benefits. The list of programmes and their classification into first and lower tier benefits is available in the project webpage.
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Other data characteristics Other data characteristicsDetails on the methodology underlying the calculation of the indicators are available in the project webpage. The strictness of the main rules and requirements that determine claimants' ongoing eligibility to out of work benefits (e.g. requirements to be occupationally or geographically mobile when searching for work, sanctions for voluntary unemployment or refusals of suitable job offers) are rated on an ordinal scale ranging from 1 (least strict) to 5 (most strict). The resulting scores are subsequently aggregated into sub-indicators of the strictness of job-search requirements and monitoring rules, of availability requirements and suitable work criteria and of sanctions. These, in turn, are aggregated into an overall index of the strictness of benefit eligibility criteria. The aggregation rule used is a weighted average, as described in the working papers cited above. Data on the strictness of eligibility criteria for 'lower-tier' benefits are available only after 2014.
Reference period Reference periodThe data refer to the statutory rules that applied in the selected year. Data on the strictness of eligibility criteria for 'lower-tier' unemployment or social assistance programmes are available only for the years after 2014.
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverageThe data cover generally all OECD and EU countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States). Information on some countries is missing for some years.
Data on the strictness of activity-related eligibility criteria for recipients of unemployment and related benefits: the strictness of job-search and monitoring procedures, work-availability requirements and suitable job criteria and sanctions for benefit claimants. The data include information for first and lower tier benefits. The list of programmes and their classification into first and lower tier benefits is available in the project webpage.
The data refer to the statutory rules that applied in the selected year. Data on the strictness of eligibility criteria for 'lower-tier' unemployment or social assistance programmes are available only for the years after 2014.
Details on the methodology underlying the calculation of the indicators are available in the project webpage. The strictness of the main rules and requirements that determine claimants' ongoing eligibility to out of work benefits (e.g. requirements to be occupationally or geographically mobile when searching for work, sanctions for voluntary unemployment or refusals of suitable job offers) are rated on an ordinal scale ranging from 1 (least strict) to 5 (most strict). The resulting scores are subsequently aggregated into sub-indicators of the strictness of job-search requirements and monitoring rules, of availability requirements and suitable work criteria and of sanctions. These, in turn, are aggregated into an overall index of the strictness of benefit eligibility criteria. The aggregation rule used is a weighted average, as described in the working papers cited above. Data on the strictness of eligibility criteria for 'lower-tier' benefits are available only after 2014.
The data cover generally all OECD and EU countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States). Information on some countries is missing for some years.