(unemployment generosity, tax wedge, active labour market policies, employment protection legislation, product market regulation …

increasing unemployment. A key question is which policies have this effect. Using a 3-year panel of 90 countries, the study finds … that the unemployment rate is affected by the existence, duration, and replacement rate of unemployment insurance. Hiring … unemployment. These results are broadly in line with the extensive literature on countries of the Organisation for Economic Co …

whereby unemployment affects investment and growth. The model generates a growth unemployment rate trade-off. A reduced … propensity to save raises growth but it also raises the unemployment rate because of induced technological progress. This … unemployment affects income distribution; introduction of a Phillips curve and inflation effects; and introduction of demand growth …

earnings losses for young workers generated by unemployment: unemployment represents time forgone in terms of human capital … downturn, as documented in the empirical literature. At the aggregate level, the framework delivers youth unemployment rates … that are higher and more sensitive to fluctuations in aggregate productivity than total unemployment rates. Additionally …

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited …

producing employment growth and in reducing unemployment than most continental-European OECD-countries. It is argued that the …

inflation. Among other things, the unemployment gap, which is the difference between unemployment rate and non …-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU), is used to measure inflationary pressure from the labour market. This paper examines … revisional property of the NAIRU is also examined, as well as the forecast capacity of the unemployment gap with regard to wages …

High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity and long duration of … unemployment compensation. It is therefore instructive to examine a country where high unemployment exists despite the near … complete absence of an unemployment insurance system. In South Africa unemployment stood at 23% in 1997 and the unemployed have …

rates are consistent with weakly increasing returns in matching. The resulting equilibrium is not efficient. Unemployment …

received a brochure that informed them about job search strategies and the consequences of unemployment, and motivated them to … individuals who exhibit an increased risk of long-term unemployment. For this group, the brochure increases employment and …