An overlapping-generations model with search unemployment is calibrated for the Netherlands to assess the impact of tax … structural unemployment rate would not only help to avoid adverse effects of such a tax reform on the fiscal balance but would …

Problems of unemployment and low pay amongst the low-skilled and those with little work experience are severe in many …

increasing targeted training. Reforms in wage setting, labour taxation, unemployment benefits and activation policies will foster … job creation, thus enhancing output growth while avoiding high unemployment becoming entrenched and threatening social …

students. Unemployment is high and the school-to-job transition process does not work well. Spending on education and active … because of the high level of long-term unemployment, more emphasis should be placed on activation policies, particularly on …

contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to …

struggling to emerge from the crisis. Reflecting the weakness of this traditional sector, which is labour intensive, unemployment … construction sector.<p> To tackle high and persistent unemployment and thus stave off social exclusion, Ireland needs to further …

spanning the period 1996 to 2004. The effects of changes in the minimum wage on unemployment, formal-sector employment and the …

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