domains with macro-structural relevance (employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits, wage setting). Reforms tend … improved activity rates and lower unemployment. …

while measures of relative poverty do not appear to have clearly identifiable drivers, income per capita and unemployment … particular, the share of long-term unemployment on total unemployment stands out as the most significant driver. The analysis …

The Brief investigates the role of policy uncertainty in explaining the persistently high unemployment rate in the euro … area after the Great Recession and the different impact of uncertainty on flows into and out of unemployment. …

of reforms reflect the interplay between economic shocks and existing institutions. The 2008 crisis was followed by …

This paper estimates the impact of fiscal consolidation on unemployment and job market flows across EU countries using … show that the impact of fiscal consolidation on cyclical unemployment is temporary and significant mostly for expenditure …-finding rate corresponds to a longer average duration of unemployment spells, fiscal policy shocks also tend to have a stronger …