Policy parameter | Countries |
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Payee | Turkey – newly employed workers in low-income provinces; |
Chile and Columbia – firm | |
Targeting | Colombia – youth (younger than 28), |
long-term unemployed women (older than 40) | |
internally displaced, disabled, or | |
socially reintegrated individuals; | |
Belgium – long-term unemployed and low-wage workers | |
Duration | Chile – youth until age 25; other workers: 5–6 months; |
Turkey – women, youth, and workers in low-income provinces 5 years | |
Level | South Africa – 50pc of wage up to R833 per month; |
Austria – Age 50–55: 50pc of social security tax; | |
older than 55: 100pc of social security tax | |
Payment vehicle | Turkey – exemption from tax and social security contributions |
Jordan - direct payment to employer | |
U.S. reduction in income taxes | |
Conditionalities employers | Colombia - less than 50 employees and assets less than |
5000 time minimum wage | |
Conditionalities workers | Lebanon and Tunisia participation in life skills training |