, program impacts in both countries on unemployment compensation savings were large, and impacts on employment outcomes were …. Among subgroups, self- employment appeared to be more effective in high unemployment areas in Hungary, among females in …To evaluate the effectiveness of self-employment assistance to the unemployed in Hungary and Poland more than 5 …

markets, the governments of Hungary and Poland provide labor force members with unemployment compensation and a variety of … active labor programs (ALPs). Follow-up surveys of participants in retraining, public works, wage subsidies, self-employment … for most ALPs and additive benefits from the use of the employment service in both countries. Strong evidence of nonrandom …

picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The …Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages … informality. This heightens insecurity – by excluding many workers from activation policies or social and employment protection …

employment volatility during cyclical fluctuations, and leverage strengthens firm bargaining power in labour negotiations. Bank … markets, crowd out productive investment and fuel unemployment. Declining wage shares in OECD countries may be driven in part …

This paper sheds new light on the effects of the minimum wage on employment from a two-sided theoretical perspective … incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that sufficiently low minimum wages may do no harm to employment …

The paper explores the influence of job security provisions on employment and unemployment. We show that this influence …’ bargaining power in wage negotiations. Specifically, costs of firing and hiring reduce employment and stimulate unemployment when … offers an explanation for Europe’s favourable unemployment performance vis-à-vis the United States in the 1950s and 1960s …

This testimony describes the results of a study of the Employment Service (ES) conducted by Dr. Jacobson and Prof … average duration of unemployment of long-term UI claimants by nine weeks. This was for UI claimants who were unemployed for at …

political spectrum. This paper examines the development of employment policy in the twentieth century by viewing the interplay … of federal, state, and local partners. The programs considered include unemployment insurance, training, youth programs …, and the employment service. Some attention is also given to governmental policy that influences the geographic mobility of …