Countries in Transition, ACTs) has slowed already sluggish growth; worsened unemployment, particularly of youth; undermined …

We study the role of uncertainty shocks in explaining unemployment dynamics, separating out the role of aggregate and … measure aggregate and sectoral uncertainty and compare their effects on the unemployment rate in a standard macroeconomic … vector autoregressive (VAR) model. We find that aggregate uncertainty leads to an immediate increase in unemployment, with …

inflation, unemployment, government deficit, and GDP growth into a single indicator. In contrast to other indexes, the EPI does …

While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits …. Our main findings are that the current still elevated levels of unemployment mostly reflect structural factors. We then … turn to why structural unemployment is so high. This paper points to skill mismatches, high tax wedges, and unemployment …

available labor. In the aftermath of the crisis, boosting growth is essential to prevent unemployment from becoming a long … unemployment rates and lower participation rates, on the other hand, cannot easily be attributed to individual preferences. Here …, policies and institutions matter more. And there is little excuse for relatively low labor productivity, a particular bane in …

. Looking ahead, however, in 2010 sustained high unemployment, uneven growth, and an unwinding of government stimulus measures …

present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what …