"Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions … results in higher and more persistent unemployment. Hence, in order to increase the adaptability of European labor markets … employment protection, unemployment insurance and active labor market policies in different European welfare states (Denmark …

-stop shops' by merging the administration of different income support schemes (unemployment, work disability, social assistance …

"The beginning of the employment career is often associated with phases of unemployment. We argue that unemployment has … UK and Germany. While search and matching models argue that an unemployment phase might be used for an active job search …-based and rigid labour market in Germany creates a stigma attached to unemployment and therefore might have negative …