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 …

paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel …The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This …

recent changes in these labour market institutions have had any effect on the transitions out of career jobs. We find that …

and helps to preserve jobs in the context of a recession by making employment and unemployment less elastic with respect …

unemployment insurance: a large informal sector, weak administrative capacity, and large political risk. It argues that these … countries should tailor an OECD-style unemployment insurance program to their circumstances, among others by relying on self …-insurance (via unemployment insurance savings accounts), complemented by solidarity funding, as a key source of financing; by …

for firms and better protect workers. Policy discussions then often revolve around whether to adopt an unemployment … insurance (UI) scheme or unemployment individual savings accounts (UISAs). Proponents of the first emphasize its ability to pool …

This paper estimates the impact of fiscal consolidation on unemployment and job market flows across EU countries using … show that the impact of fiscal consolidation on cyclical unemployment is temporary and significant mostly for expenditure …-finding rate corresponds to a longer average duration of unemployment spells, fiscal policy shocks also tend to have a stronger …