While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …

This study poses the question about whether labour market institutions can explain unemployment rates in the ten new … European Union member states. In five out of the ten new member states, unemployment rates lie above the average in the 15 … institutions in the acceding countries are less rigid than in the EU-15. Moreover, labour market institutions explain only a minor …