High levels of unemployment and rising social charges have lead to considerable pressure on labour markets to adjust … significant disincentives for labour supply of older people and spouses, which should be eliminated. Unemployment related benefits … and active labour market policies can be better geared toward activating the unemployed, while institutional reform of the …

high number of poorly qualified long-term unemployed, skills mismatches and a high school drop-out rate, and insufficient …

"The paper tests three hypotheses about the causes of unemployment in the Central-East European transition economies … and in a benchmark market economy (Western part of Germany). The first hypothesis (H1) is that unemployment is caused by … inefficient matching. Hypothesis 2 (H2) is that unemployment is caused by low demand. Hypothesis 3 (H3) is that restructuring is …

and training, and extending the coverage of the unemployment insurance while strengthening obligations for the unemployed … non-employed need to be protected against the risk of falling into unemployment or inactivity traps. This calls for … lowering minimum wages relative to the average wage for groups at risk of becoming unemployed, improving vocational education …

With high unemployment, low participation of specific groups such as the low-skilled and those nearing retirement age …

After the onset of the crisis, unemployment in Sweden increased markedly, though much less than expected and than … that high unemployment does not become entrenched or leads to withdrawals from the labour force. The government has taken …

The unemployment rate among young people has reached painfully high levels, in particular among those young people with …