unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which …

job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …

appears that the activation program is very effective. The median unemployment duration of the control group is 14 weeks …