Using two different measures of immigrant labour-market integration (the ratio between immigrant unemployment to native … unemployment, and the ratio of employment rate among natives and immigrants) this paper tests six suggested explanations of why … force. Second, given that immigrants enter the labour force, collective bargaining agreements explain immigrant unemployment …

The paper starts by presenting some stylised facts on youth unemployment over the last two decades, both at the euro … area and the country level. It shows that despite declining considerably over the last few years, youth unemployment has … relationship between the share of young people in the total population and the youth unemployment rate, i.e. the smaller the share …

persisting increases in unemployment. This paper analyses the impacts of the crisis on euro area labour markets, paying … accelerate the adjustment capacity of euro area labour markets and help reduce the current high levels of structural unemployment. …

This paper revisits the empirical relationship between unemployment and output, and its evolution following the … the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). First, the negative correlation between output and unemployment (Okun’s law …. Focusing on the euro area, the financial distress seems to have altered the dynamics of output and unemployment mainly at lower …

the consequences of unemployment on everyday life of men, its impact on their psycho-social conditions and on gender role … (Männerberatung Wien). It is based on the following pillars: unemployment is seen as a chance to reflect individual life scripts …

rising efficiency has been rising unemployment. Double-digit unemployment rates have now become a rule. Apart from the truly … disastrous labour market situation in several countries of former Yugoslavia, unemployment has recently acquired dramatic … improvement. And even more than in the rest of Europe, the CEECs' unemployment patterns display distinct regional, gender, age and …

the FDI has induced. FDI inflows have also reduced unemployment and increased wages, but have had no effects on labour …