the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and …Measures of individual happiness, or well-being, can guide labor market policies. Individual unemployment, as well as … unemployment benefits can contribute to happiness - though when such policies prolong unemployment, the net effect on national …

employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …

workers. Since youth unemployment is a pressing problem throughout advanced and developing countries, it is important to … consider the impact of these policies on the employment prospects of the young. …

Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment … costeffective and efficient means of reducing unemployment, during both periods of economic stability and recovery. …

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …

employment in a recession. Did the high rate of job turnover continue or did long-term unemployment rise? And did the social … low unemployment. But how did it fare during the recession, especially in Denmark, which has been highlighted as having a …

simply increasing employment - for instance, preventing anti-social behavior such as crime. Indeed, recent evidence shows …

reasons, are unable to work as much as they would like to. Offering unemployment benefits to part-time unemployed workers is …, thus raising the probability of obtaining at least some employment. On the other hand, these benefits weaken incentives for … part-time workers to look for full-time employment. It is also difficult to distinguish people who work part-time by choice …

In reforming unemployment benefit systems, the policy debate should be on the appropriate level of benefits, the … subsidies needed for people who cannot contribute enough, and how to finance the subsidies, rather than on whether unemployment … insurance or individual unemployment savings accounts are better. Unemployment insurance finances subsidies through implicit …