The sustained rise in German unemployment since 1973 poses a problem of critical importance for the world economy …. Fewer than two decades ago, Germany boasted an average unemployment rate of under 1% and imported labor to relieve chronic … labor shortages. By the mid-1980s, unemployment had risen to over 8 percent of the labor force. This paper investigates some …

institutional inertia being reflected in notoriously sluggish employment growth and rising unemployment. Recent years, however, saw … a complex sequence of reforms with regard to labor market-related institutions such as labor market regulation, social …" and creating an institutional setup more conducive to strong employment growth and lower unemployment. We provide a …

In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels … standard measures of long-term unemployment and alternative measures of long-term non-employment. Next, we take a closer look …

tiers of social protection, in particular upstream systems such as unemployment insurance, job retention and employment …