present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … with some policy prescriptions. At the moment Poland exhibits the highest unemployment rate in OECD and one of the lowest … increase of unemployment in 1998- 1999 and its later persistence. We find that the supply-side characteristics and sectoral …

Why might there be a long-run trade-off between growth and unemployment? In general equilibrium, the returns on the … interest. If the wage grows in line with productivity, there is a positive relation between growth and unemployment. If the … incentive to hire. There emerges a trade-off between growth and unemployment. …

Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a … evidence for the proposition that worksharing would promote employment or reduce unemployment. In an appendix we present an …

The framework of a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model is used to study the optimal design of an unemployment … insurance (UI) scheme and the voting behaviour on unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and …

Measures aimed at reducing the tax burden on labour have been advocated to alleviate the EU unemployment problem. Most … of the analyses document a relationship between the unemployment rate and the tax burden on labour. Hence, it is not … possible to discern whether the effect on unemployment derives from labour demand, labour supply or through the wage formation …