France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has … unemployment are primarily resulting from structural differences in labor policy and in the (vocational) education system, any …

Many European labor markets are characterized by heavy employment protection taxes and the widespread use of fixed … insiders to firing restrictions does not necessarily worsen unemployment. In fact, it may be the willingness of a majority of … unemployment and deteriorates efficiency. Moreover, we argue, that the concentration of firm ownership is likely to influence labor …

2008-2009 crisis. This paper discusses the efficiency of this type of policy and investigates its impact on unemployment … and employment. There is some evidence that short-time compensation programs stabilize permanent employment and reduce … unemployment during downturns. All in all, it seems that short-time work programs used in the recent downturn had significant …

Youth unemployment is notoriously high in France, in particular for the low-skilled. Within the EU, only the crisis … chance programs, job search assistance, income support, employment subsidies and dismissal protection. …

data covering all French firms, we find that the program has had a strong and rapid impact on employment. The net cost per … job created for the government was around zero. The employment effect was stronger in areas where recruitment was easier … estimate that a credit conditional on net job creation above the employment growth threshold of -1%, would have maximized job …

relative labor-demand equations. The results demonstrate the existence of substitution of employment across times of the day …

The systematic use of experience rating is an original feature of the U.S. unemployment benefit system. In most states …, unemployment benefits are financed by taxing firms in proportion to their separations. Experience rating is a way to require … employers to contribute to the payment of unemployment benefits they create through their firing decisions. It is striking that …

We argue that the efficiency of the Danish flexicurity Model, which combines high unemployment benefits with low job … citizens raises moral hazard issues which hinder the implementation of efficient public unemployment insurance. …

OECD countries faced largely divergent employment rates during the last decades. But the whole bulk of the cross … account for cross-country variations in both the level and the dynamics of employment rates of demographic groups. Second, we …-national differences in family attitudes. Studying the correlation between employment rates and family attitudes, we then show that the …

increase steady state unemployment although counseled job seekers exit unemployment at a higher rate than the non …-counseled. Dynamic analysis shows that permanent and transitory policies can have effects of opposite sign on unemployment. …