implementation of employment protection legislation could also help reduce unemployment. Efforts to tackle crime could help reduce …Unemployment in South Africa is extremely high and unevenly distributed, being concentrated among young less … which produced the extreme levels of unemployment, but more could have been done to unwind those legacies and other policies …

market remain severe. Unemployment duration is still extremely high, and many have withdrawn from the labour market … high long-term unemployment and weak labour market participation could evolve into structural problems. Greater emphasis …

High levels of unemployment and rising social charges have lead to considerable pressure on labour markets to adjust … respects in order to raise the economy’s capacity to generate employment. The present tax and transfer system still implies … significant disincentives for labour supply of older people and spouses, which should be eliminated. Unemployment related benefits …

with employment creation, which has been so far lacking and led to a rather imbalanced pattern of growth. Bringing down … labour taxes, easing employment protection legislation and reducing out-of-work benefits would make important contributions …

essential and daunting challenge for Poland. While some of today’s joblessness is cyclical in nature, most of it appears to be … structural. This paper argues that to increase employment levels policy will need to focus on reducing significantly the … areas which, if implemented, would serve to reverse the recent decline in employment and improve the fairness of income ... …

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

This paper deals with trends and cycles of unemployment and labour-force participation. Empirical evidence on both … trends and cyclical movements in unemployment and participation is presented. Some of the mechanisms behind the observed … assessment of labour market slack of the observed interplay between unemployment and participation are discussed. The paper ends …

, including unemployment-related and disability schemes. Pooled cross-country time-series regressions show that increased …

Rapid economic growth over the past two decades has substantially increased employment in Luxembourg, which has largely … been met by in–flows of cross–border workers and, to a lesser extent, immigration. Unemployment has remained low compared … resident workers. Despite the strong economy, this has resulted in lower employment rates for certain groups of residents …