restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that … the removal of firing restrictions is likely to produce a favorable but limited impact on unemployment in Tunisia. …

.S. experiencing a sharper rise in unemployment and, perhaps, more widespread loss of financial wealth than elsewhere in the G-7, the …

-term unemployment rate (which would raise equilibrium unemployment rates). However, over the medium term, we expect Canada's potential …

labor market can coexist with a generous welfare system to achieve low unemployment. Using a panel of 19 countries over 1960 …-2002, the paper identifies the elements of the flexicurity model that may have contributed to the low unemployment rate. A … the financing aspect, the paper finds that effective implementation will depend on the initial unemployment level and …

EPL discourages both. The overall impact on equilibrium unemployment is thus ambiguous, depending on the characteristics … destruction effect is stronger, thus raising the unemployment rate. …

production decision made by profit-maximizing firms, with insurance provisions and labor market institutions affecting the costs …

extent of unemployment and labor market churning. With institutions of the type studied here common across many different … relatively minor intervention can dramatically increase the fragility of jobs, the length of unemployment spells, as well as the …

flexibility with state-provided unemployment insurance and can be applied only to new entrants in the market without affecting the …