present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … with some policy prescriptions. At the moment Poland exhibits the highest unemployment rate in OECD and one of the lowest … increase of unemployment in 1998- 1999 and its later persistence. We find that the supply-side characteristics and sectoral …

This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of … estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment … much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania …

Measures aimed at reducing the tax burden on labour have been advocated to alleviate the EU unemployment problem. Most … of the analyses document a relationship between the unemployment rate and the tax burden on labour. Hence, it is not … possible to discern whether the effect on unemployment derives from labour demand, labour supply or through the wage formation …

reveals that the set-back caused dramatic temporary rise of migrant unemployment; it also had regional character due to the …